Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5735D
Senior PLC
03 December 2009
 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares


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

Senior plc


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):______________



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

BlackRock Inc.

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


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

1 December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

3 December 2009

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

Holding has gone above 13%


8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights


Direct


Indirect


Direct


Indirect

GB0007958233

25,634,253

25,634,253

N/A

N/A

34,440,438

N/A

8.62%


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date 

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise /
Conversion period
i

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

17,632,355

4.41%



Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

52,072,793

13.03%


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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 52,072,793 (13.03%).

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 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:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 399,663,293

14. Contact name:

Andrew Bodenham, Company Secretary, Senior plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01923 714745



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