Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6285Q

SIG PLC

15 April 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:		SIG plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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): Acquisition of voting rights and change to the number of voting rights in issue, following the recent placings and open offer.			√
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited  2,213,301* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 22,122,190* Chase Nominees Limited 215,239* CUIM Nominee Limited 2,292,537* Vidacos Nominees Limited 159,449* Chase Nominees Limited 5,880,857 Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) Limited 555,665 Vidacos Nominees Limited 6,456,896 BNP Paribas - London 400,897 State Street Nominees Limited 5,968,912 * denotes direct interest
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	14 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	<5% to 7% Change at Combined Interest level

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
Ordinary Shares GB0008025412	6,771,852	6,771,852	27,002,716	27,002,716	19,263,227	4.57%	3.26%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
45,265,943	7.83%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited  Aviva plc (Parent Company) Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) Aviva Investors Holding Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on a revised total number of voting rights of 590,813,193 following the recent placings and open offer
14 Contact name:	Neil Whittaker
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

 

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