Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7451B

Assura Group Limited

23 February 2011

 



     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: ii

Assura Group Limited

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Firm Placing - Admission of ordinary shares

X

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

Invesco Limited

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

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

22 February 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 February 2011

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

21%, 20%, 19%, 18%, 17%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 10p Shares

72,636,506

72,636,506

72,636,506

17.74%

GB0033732602

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

72,636,506

17.74%

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

Bank of Ireland, Dublin - 381,407 Bank of New York - 55,076,640 Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 604,272 State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 15,302,936 Northern Trust Company, London - 1,271,251

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the 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

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form of legal entities)

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

Phone number & email

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Invesco Limited

Contact address

Registered address: 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG

Phone number & email

020 7638 0731

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

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

 

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