Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3563T

BowLeven Plc

04 June 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

BOWLEVEN PLC

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):	DTR (DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTS FOR DIFFERENCE) 1ST JUNE 2009	X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	BLACKROCK INC.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	1ST JUNE 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3RD JUNE 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	GONE ABOVE 13%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B04PYL99	11,271,939	11,271,939	N/A	N/A	10,989,048	N/A	12.63%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	N/A	629,702	Nominal	Delta
					0.72%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,618,750	13.36%

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

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED - 11,618,750 (13.36%)

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:
15. Contact telephone number:

 

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