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Acal PLC
14 December 2009
 

Letter to Acal  PLC
Dated 14 December, 2009

 

DISCLOSURE RULES AND TRANSPARANCY RULES SOURCEBOOK

Disclosure of Interest in the Voting Rights of Shares

 

Please find below Form TR-1 which discloses Aberforth Partners LLP's interest in 4,450,000 of the voting shares of Acal PLC as required under the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules Sourcebook of the FSA Handbook.

 

In addition, Aberforth Partners LLP is interested in a further 750,000 shares although we do not have access to the voting rights of these shares, Aberforth Partners LLP is, therefore, interested in a total of 5,200,000 shares of the above company.  This interest arises as a result of the discretionary investment management powers that we can exercise over the funds of our clients.  Aberforth Partners LLP is not the beneficial owner of these shares.

 

Pauline M Robson
For Aberforth Partners LLP





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:

  Acal 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:


 Aberforth Partners LLP

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


 

Shareholder Shares
1  Aberforth Smaller Companies
    Trust plc
2,498,650
2  Aberforth UK Small Companies 
   Fund
1,098,950
3  The Church Commissioners for 
    England
467,200
4  Aberforth Geared Capital & 
    Income Trust plc
385,200

1,2,4 = registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth, 3 = The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd

 

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


 11/12/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:


 14/12/2009

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


 17%

  

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

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

 

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 

 4,492,800

 4,492,800

 4,450,000

 N/A

 4,450,000

 N/A

 16.84

 GB0000055888


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

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A


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


 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

N/A 

Nominal

Delta


 N/A

N/A 


Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 4,450,000

 16.84


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

 

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP


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:


Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP

15. Contact telephone number:


 0131 220 0733


 

 

 

 


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