Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5732N

BATM Advanced Communications Ld

14 June 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	See section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	8 June 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 June 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	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

IL0010849045

64,439,764

69,327,741

17.285%

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

69,327,741

17.285%

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


Gartmore Fund Managers Limited	14,968,944	3.732%	HSBC Global Custody nominee	Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd A/C Gartmore UK and Irish Smaller Companies
Gartmore Investment Limited	17,771,486	4.431%	Nortrust Nominees Limited	Strathclyde Pension Fund
	5,365,693	1.338%	Gartmore Growth Opportunities	Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc
	4,016,780	1.001%	Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd	The Gartmore UK Small Cap Best ideas Fund Ltd
	604,501	0.151%	Bank of Bermuda Luxembourg	Gartmore Sicav Pan Euro Smaller Companies Fund
	26,600,337	6.632%	Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 2303	The Alphagen Volantis Fund Ltd
Total	69,327,741	17.285%