Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7431M

Longships PLC

03 February 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Longships Plc  GB00B2PKZ581
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		x
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Commerzbank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Dresdner Bank AG London Branch
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	12 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3 February 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	9 %
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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B2PKZ581	0	0	2,200,000		2,200,000		9.53 %

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
2,200,000		9.53 %
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Dresdner Bank AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Commerzbank AG.

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:	Dresdner Kleinwort Media Relations Team
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7623 8000

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares 

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Commerzbank AG
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	D - 60261 Frankfurt am Main Germany
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Dresdner Kleinwort Group Limited
Contact address	30 Gresham Street London EC2V 7PG
Phone number	020 7623 8000
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	subsidiary

C:    Additional information

 

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