Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2992K
Workspace Group PLC
17 August 2012
 



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:

 

Workspace Group plc

 

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:

 

15 August 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

17 August 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

 

10%

 

 

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

GB00B67G5X01

Ord GBP1

14,226,386

14,226,386

13,936,386

-

13,936,386

-

9.65%


 

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

 

 CFD




298,709

Nominal

Delta

 

0.21


 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,235,095

 

9.86%

 

 

 

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

Client

No. of voting rights

% of total voting rights

Registration name

FPP Stewardship Fund

5,295,594

3.68%

HSBC GS 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:

 

Based on total voting rights of 144,405,722

14 Contact name:

 

Peter J Taylor, F&C Asset Management plc

15. Contact telephone name:

 

0131 718 1147

 

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)

 

Workspace Group plc

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 

Chester House, Kennington Park, 1-3 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DE (addressed amended 14/05/12)

Phone number & email

 

Carmelina Carfora, Company Sec, Carmelina.Carfora@workspacegroup.co.uk

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 


 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

 

Peter J Taylor, F&C Asset Management plc

Contact address

 

80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU

Phone number & email

 

0131 718 1147

Peter.taylor@fandc.com

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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