Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4581T

Shires Income PLC

28 September 2010

 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

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

Shires Income plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No

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: Following the sale of part of the AXA Life Insurance business to Resolution PLC, changes have been made to the direct and indirect holdings

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

AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

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

n/a

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

15/09/10

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

28/09/10

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

3%

8.         Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
805250	3,025,825	3,025,825

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
805250	29,865	29,865	2,975,960	0.10	10.02

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date xiii	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date 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 3,005,825

% of voting rights 10.12%

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

Name of Company/ Fund         Number of Shares        % of issued share capital

AXA IM UK                                2,975,960                      10.020884

Indirect

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd        29,865                       0.100564

Direct

Total Direct                                     29,865                         0.10056

Total Indirect                              2,975,960                        10.02088

TOTAL                                     3,005,825                        10.12145

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:

n/a

14.       Contact name:

Amanda Valentine, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.       Contact telephone number:

            0131 528 4000

 

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