Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 7571A
Future PLC
03 April 2012
 



Financial Services Authority      



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

NO

 

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

YES

 

Other (please specify):

 

UPDATED TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS ANNOUNCED 30 MARCH 2012


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
1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc = 40,196,898

2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund = 9,456,800

3. Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc = 9,851,550

All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c Aberforth

 

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

 

02/04/12

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03/04/12

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

59,241,848

59,241,848

59,505,248

n/a

59,505,248

n/a

17.99


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

59,505,248

17.99



 

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

 


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