Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7431W

First Derivatives PLC

24 November 2010

 

TR-1:          Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

First Derivatives PLC

2:    Reason for notification (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:	Standard Life Investments Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Vidacos Nominees
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold        is crossed or reached):	23 November 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 November 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%

8:    Notified Details
A:   Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB0031477770
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
1,078,371		1,078,371
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
1,178,371	0	1,178,371	0%	7.482%

B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage 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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
1,178,371	7.482%

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

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:	[e-mail] Standard Life Investments Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Annex:        Notification of major interests in shares
A:   Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Standard Life Investments Ltd
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Investment House 1 George Street EDINBURGH EH2 2LL
Phone number & email	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B:   Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Global Transaction Services Citigroup
Contact address	8 Chalubinskiego St. 00-613 Warsaw POLAND
Phone number & email	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	UK office is located in Holyrood Park House 106 Holyrood Road EDINBURGH EH8 8AE
C: Additional information

 

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