Notification of major interes

RNS Number : 4175D

SThree plc

01 December 2009

 



TR-1:    Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

SThree PLC

2: Reason for notification (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:	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See 9.
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold      is crossed or reached):	27 November 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1 December  2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8:  Notified Details
Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share    If possible use ISIN code		GB00BOKM9T71
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
6,099,142		6,099,142
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares Indirect	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
5,982,142		5,982,142		4.91

Qualifying 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	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
CFD				749, 186	Nominal	Delta
						0.61

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
6,731, 328	5.52

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

FIL

FIL  Issuer name: STHREE PLC  Current ownership percentage 5.52% Total shares held: 6,731,328 Issued share capital  121, 756, 276 Shares Management           Held                  Nominee Company  FIL Limited (Fil) is the parent  227,677 BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS FPM Holding company for various direct and indirect  1,159,852 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX FIL Subsidaries including FIL Fund Management 369,280 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMN AND CO  FIJ  Limited (FFML)FIL, Investment Services Ltd 350,686 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL) 2,233,864 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FISL FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) 18,547 NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING FIJ Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management  246,300 NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FMP (FPM) Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL 991936 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)  FIL Investments International (FII) Investment managers  384,000 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE (S) FIL For various non-US investment companies and  institutional clients. 749,186 N/A INSTRUMENT CFD

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	117, 000
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	27 November 2009

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Amanda Chana
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail]

 

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