Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1421U

Advanced Medical Solutions Grp PLC

12 May 2008

 

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):
                                                      
                                                                   
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification     AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its  
obligation:                                                          group of companies


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3):
                                                                         

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the                            8 May 2008
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                        9 May 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                             13%


8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of      Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             triggering transaction
                   Number of    Number of    Number of   Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting
If possible use    shares       voting       shares                               rights
ISIN code                       rights

                                                         Direct     Indirect      Direct      Indirect
Ordinary 5p shares  19,182,218   19,182,218    415,161    415,161    18,167,057      0.29       12.68
   GB0004536594


B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired  rights
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)





Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights
                    
18,582,218                                          12.97%


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

Name of the Company/Fund                                  No of shares              % of issued share cap
Sun Life Pensions Mgmt Ltd                                      15,161                               0.01

Direct
Sun Life Pensions Mgmt Ltd                                     400,000                               0.28

Direct
AXA Framlington                                             10,000,000                               6.99

Framlington Innovative Growth

Indirect
AXA Framlington                                              5,100,000                               3.56

Health

Indirect
Framlington onshore private clients                          2,701,500                               1.89

Indirect
AWF Framlington Health                                         365,557                               0.26

Indirect
                                  Total Direct                 415,161                               0.29

                                Total Indirect              18,167,057                              12.68
                                         Total              18,582,218                              13.36


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                                                    N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                          N/A
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                            N/A
voting rights:


13. Additional information:


14 Contact name:                                       Mary Tavener


15. Contact telephone name:                            [phone]

 

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