Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6899Q

Future PLC

06 August 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:

Future 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                                 36,640,298 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies     Fund                                       12,750,000 3. Aberforth Geared Capital &     Income Trust plc                        4,519,250 4. Aberforth Geared Income Trust    plc                                            5,332,300 All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	05/08/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	06/08/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	18%

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 Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 1p	56,214,750	56,214,750	59,241,848	N/A	59,241,848	N/A	18.07

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
59,241,848	18.07

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:
14. Contact name:	Mark Millar
15. Contact telephone number:	01225 788203

 

END

 

 

HOLUNSURROAWRAR