Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2677M

BATM Advanced Communications Ld

20 May 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			BATM Advanced Communications plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights							Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached							No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments							No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights							No
Other (please specify):							No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Gartmore Investment Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Fund Managing Co	Shares Held	% of issued Share Capital	UK Registered Owner	Beneficial Owner
		Gartmore Fund Managers Limited	14,968,944	3.73%	HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK LTd	Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd A/C Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller Companies
		Gartmore Investment Limited	16,637,738	4.15%	Nortrust Nominees Limited	Strathclyde Pension Fund
			5,365,693	1.34%	Gartmore Growth Opportunities	Gartmore Growth Opportunities Plc
			4,016,780	1.00%	Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd	The Gartmore UK Small CAP best ideas fund Ltd
			604,501	0.15%	Bank of Bermuda Luxembourg	Gartmore SICAV PAN Euro Smaller Companies Fund
			22,846,108	5.70%	Vidacos Nominees Ltc A/C 2303	The Aphagen Colantis Fund Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		18/05/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19/05/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		16%

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

60,181,795

60,181,795

64,439,764

64,439,764

16.07%

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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

60,439,764

16.07%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:	All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 401,078,684 as provided by Exshare Email contact [e-mail]
14. Contact name:	RDU
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 782 2324

 

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