Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1914I

Mears Group PLC

05 March 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Mears Group
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					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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		AEGON UK Group of Companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		3rd March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		5th March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4-below 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0005630420

3,643,999

3,643,999

Below 3%

Below 3%

Below 3%

n/a

n/a

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Below 3%

Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd. AEGON ICVC
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		AEGON UK Group of Companies
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:	AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC
14. Contact name:	Miranda Beacham
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 549 3460

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	AEGON Asset Management UK plc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	AEGON House, 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SA
Phone number & email	0870 60 90 101
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Ian G Young, Company secretary, 0131 549 6398
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Miranda Beacham
Contact address	AEGON House, 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SA
Phone number & email	0131 549 3460 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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