Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6847L

Rotala PLC

03 August 2011

 



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.      Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

Rotala Plc

2.      Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Yes)

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No)

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: (No)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No)

Other (please specify): (No)

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

Nigel Wray

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

Pershing Nominees Limited

PIHL Equity LLP

Roy Nominees Limited

5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v):

N/A

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

3 August 2011

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

8%

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
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
Ordinary Shares GB00B1Z2MP60	2,632,400	2,632,400

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights (x)
	Direct	Direct (xi)	Indirect (xii)	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB00B1Z2MP60	22,400	22,400	2,860,000	0.0635%	8.11%

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)
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
2,882,400 including 360,000 held by PIHL Equity LLP, a partnership in which Mr Wray controls or is beneficially interested in 44.99% of the partnership capital of 3,935,782	8.17%

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

Nigel Wray has a beneficial interest in shares in Rotala Plc held by the following nominees:

Pershing Nominees Ltd - 22,400

The family of Nigel Wray maintains a beneficial interest in the shares held by Roy Nominees Limited - 2,500,000

In addition, Mr Wray controls or is beneficially interested in 44.99% of the partnership capital of PIHL Equity LLP which owns 360,000 ordinary shares in Rotala Plc.

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

13.    Additional information:

Figures are based on total number of voting rights of 35,270,888

14.    Contact name:

Nigel Wray

15.    Contact telephone number:

020 7647 7657

 

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