Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6781D

Morgan Crucible Co PLC

25 March 2011

 



TR-1:          Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			The Morgan Crucible Company plc
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 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: iii		HSBC Holdings Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		HSBC Investment Management HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (International) Limited Lion International Corporate Services Limited HSBC Private Bank (Jersey) Limited HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		23rd March 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		25th March 2011
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

GB0006027295

NA

Below 5%

N/A

N/A

13,736,314

N/A

5.03%

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

13,736,314

5.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
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:	None
14. Contact name:	Tracey Bigmore
15. Contact telephone number:	01753 837000

 

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