Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2747Y

Shires Smaller Companies PLC

20 December 2010

 



APPENDIX 3

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Shires Smaller Companies plc

2.      Reason for the notification (please state 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: n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: n/a

Other (please specify): n/a

3.      Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Prudential plc group of companies

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

See attached schedule

5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v):

15 December 2010

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

20 December 2010

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

See item 13

8.      Notified details:

A:     Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the Triggering  transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0008063728	1,164,334	1,164,334

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
GB0008063728	Direct 1,074,254	Direct 1,074,254	Indirect -	Direct 4.85%	Indirect -

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 1,074,254

% of voting rights 4.85%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

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

n/a

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

n/a

13.    Additional information:

This disclosure now gives our position under non-exempt rules where disclosure is required from a 3% level as our exempt holdings have dropped below 5%.

14.    Contact name:

Charlie Macrae

15.    Contact telephone number:

0207 463 6072

 

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