Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1937V

ADVFN PLC

23 May 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:		ADVFN 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):__Change in issued share capital____________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See attached schedule
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	9 May 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 May 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0002789591	29,667,102	29,667,102			27,763,630		4.68%

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
27,763,630	4.68%

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	1,903,472 shares
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	9 May 2008

13. Additional information:	N/A
14 Contact name:	David Merryweather
15. Contact:

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

Schedule:

Issuer name: ADVFN plc

Current ownership percentage		4.68%
Total shares held:		27,763,630
Issued share capital:		593,192,435
	Shares held	Nominee	Management company
FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC).	27,763,630	Mellon Bank NA	FMRCO

 

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