TR1 - Notification of major interest in shares

RNS Number : 1304D

Thalassa Holdings Limited

24 April 2013

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Thalassa Holdings Ltd

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	F&C Asset Management plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	12th April 2013 (Placing)
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24th April 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5.32%

 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
VGG878801031	0	0	870,683	-	870,683	-	5.32%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
870,683	5.32%

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

F&C Asset Management plc:- Client No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name F&C Institutional Investment Funds ICVC - Institutional UK Smaller Companies Fund 788,333 4.82 Puddledock Nominees Ltd Remaining clients hold <3%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	F&C Asset Management plc
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:	Based on total voting rights of 16,355,522
14 Contact name:	Stephen Macnamara, F&C Asset Management plc
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 718 1148

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Thalassa Holdings Ltd
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Folio Chambers PO Box 800 Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Phone number & email	Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Stephen Macnamara, F&C Asset Management plc
Contact address	80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU
Phone number & email	0131 718 1148 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

 

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