Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8977I

Assura Group Limited

25 November 2008

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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:

Assura Group Limited

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):____ Placing _________	Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	18 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 November 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	29%

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 10p Shares (GB0033732602)	92,884,834	92,884,834	92,884,834		92,884,834		29.23%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
92,884,834	29.23%

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

Bank of Ireland, Dublin  - 566,436 Chase Bank - 322,114 Citibank - 70,340,850 HSBC Bank - 388,810 Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 1,214,345 State Street Trust & Banking - 18,485,219 Northern Trust Company, London - 1,567,060

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
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:
14 Contact name:	Samantha Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

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

 

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