Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2509U

Character Group PLC

24 December 2012

 



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Character Group Plc

2.      Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

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):

Vanshap Capital Value Fund, LP (acting through its general partner Vanshap Capital GP, LLC)

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

N/A

5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached (v):

21 December 2012

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

21 December 2012

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

5%

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
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
GB0008976119	1,112,889	4.91%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights (x)
	Direct	Direct (xi)	Indirect (xii)	Direct	Indirect
GB0008976119	1,162,889	1,162,889	0	5.14%	0

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
N/A

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)
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
1,162,889	5.14%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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:

N/A

14.    Contact name:

David Shapiro

15.    Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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