Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2417U

De La Rue PLC

12 October 2010

 



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:			De La Rue 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
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Baring Asset Management Limited ("BAM") OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI")
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:		8 October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 October 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		6% (Aggregate position increased to 6.31%)

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
6,248,957	6.31%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 99,016,336. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is the parent company of Baring Asset Management Limited ("BAM") and OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI").
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:	Wendy Stechmann, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
15. Contact telephone number:	011(413)744-6612

E H D Peppiatt

Company Secretary

De La Rue plc

01256 605343

12 October 2010

 

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