Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1289B

Animalcare Group PLC

12 August 2008

 



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:					Animalcare Group
2. Reason for the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights							X
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 the notification obligation:					Octopus Investments Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Fund Managing Co	Number of Shares held	Issued Share Capital	Percentage of Issued Shared Capital	UK Registered Owner		Beneficial Owner
Octopus Investments Limited	545,456		2.76%	Capita Trust Company Limited		Close Brothers AIM VCT
Octopus Investments Limited	881,818		4.46%	HSBC Bank plc		Close Second AIM VCT plc - C&D
Octopus Investments Limited	1,090,909		5.52%	Capita Trust Company Limited		Close Brothers IHT AIM VCT
	2,518,183	19,756,000	12.75%
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):					01/08/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:					01/08/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:					12%
8. Notified details:					n/a

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
GB0032350695	0	0	2,518,183	2,518,183	-	12.75%	-

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
-	-	-	-	-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
2,518,183	12.75%

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

n/a

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:	-
14. Contact name:	Stephen Henderson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7776 8664

 

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