Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4231K

Avon Rubber PLC

18 December 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:

Avon Rubber PLC (the 'Company')

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	No
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): Acquisition of Saxon Financial Inc.	Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Howson Tatersall Investment Counsel Limited on behalf of itself and Mackenzie Financial Corporation (which has an individual notification obligation)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Howson Tatersall Investment Counsel  Limited (2,764,489 voting rights)
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	October 27,2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	December 16, 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	9% (see box 9)

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
GB0000667013	0  (see box 9)		2,764,489		2,764,489 (see  box 9)		9.49%

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
2,764,489	9.49%

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

9.49% of the voting rights are held by Howson Tatersall Investment Counsel Limited, as investment manager which has a disclosable Interest as a result of DTR5.2.1 R(h). Saxon Financial Inc. is a 100% shareholder of Howson Tatersall Investment Counsel Limited and has an Indirect holding of 9.49% as a result of DTR 5.2.1 R(e). Mackenzie Financial Corporation is a 100% shareholder of Saxon Financial Inc. and has an indirect holding of 9.49% as a result of DTR 5.2.1 R(e).

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:
15. Contact telephone number:

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

 

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