Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2767Z

Workspace Group PLC

17 July 2008

 



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:

Workspace Group PLC

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached	No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights	No
Other (please specify):	No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	F&C Asset Management plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See box 9 below
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	15/07/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16/07/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	9, 10%

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
GB0005296354 Ordinary 10p	15,526,653	15,526,653	18,026,653	0	18,026,653	0	10.34

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
18,026,653	10.34%

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

No. of voting      % of total Client                                                rights                   voting rights     Registration name FPP Stewardship Fund                   9,851,011             5.65%           HSBC GS Nominees Limited     Stewardship Growth Fund              5,684,449             3.26%           Chase Nominees Limited Other client holding(s) are below 3% each

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:
14 Contact name:	Amanda Whalley, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7369 2377

 

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