Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6742F

Centaur Media PLC

13 October 2008

 



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:

Centaur Media PLC

2. Reason for the notification:

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:

YES

Other:  Due to shares buy-back of the Company resulting in a decrease in the Company's total voting rights figure

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

FIL Limited (FIL)

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gostion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investment Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FIJ), Investment Managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

612,300 1,458,441 12,345,912

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd LUX   JP Morgan, Bournemouth       JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FIL FII FISL

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

N/A

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10 October 2008

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

10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
Ordinary GB0034291418	14,416,653	14,416,653

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB003491418	14,416,653	14,416,653		10.23

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
14,416,653	10.23%

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gostion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investment Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FIJ), Investment Managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

612,300 1,458,441 12,345,912

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd LUX   JP Morgan, Bournemouth    JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FIL FII FISL

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited (FIL)

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

Due to shares buy-back of the Company resulting in a decrease in the Company's total voting rights figure

14. Contact name:

Ian PH Roberts

15. Contact:

[phone]

 

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