Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5734D
Rathbone Brothers PLC
03 December 2009
 





TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached:
 ii

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
 iii

BlackRock, Inc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):iv


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or

reached:
 v

1st  December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2nd December 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: 
vi, vii

Holding has gone above 15%

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the 
triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of

Shares

Number
of

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect




GB0002148343 

 



4,508,692


4,508,692


N/A


N/A


   

   5,121,127




N/A


11.83%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date 
xiii

Exercise/ 
Conversion Period 
xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period 
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to


% of voting rights xix, xx


CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A


   

 

   

1,427,656




Nominal

Delta

3.30%





Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

   

 

6,548,783



15.13%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 xxi


BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 6,548,783 (15.13%)


On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc. following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


n/a

14. Contact name:

Belinda Barnes

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7399 0000





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