Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 7350I

The MedicX Fund Limited

17 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				Medicx Fund Ltd
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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					X
Other (please specify):	Increase in total voting rights following Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Smith & Williamson Investment Management Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Nominee companies used by Smith and Williamson Investment Management as detailed in Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		12th March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17th March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

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

B1DVQL9

6,882,110

6,882,110

6,882,110

6,882,110

4.94%

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

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

6,882,110

4.94%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BNP Paribas as custodian for Smith & Williamson Investment Management Limited, a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings Ltd: 229,622 shares. Smith & Williamson Nominees Limited, a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Investment Management Limited, subsidiary of Smith and Williamson Holdings Limited: 6,652,488 shares
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:
15. Contact telephone number:

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)	Steven Payne Compliance Officer Smith and Williamson Investment Management
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	25 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6AY
Phone number & email	020 7131 4922 [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
Notification disclosed following change to the number of shares in issue. Increase of 34,291,038 from 105,021,215 to 139,312,243.
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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