TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 3484C

Numis Corporation PLC

04 March 2011

 



NUMIS CORPORATION PLC ("NUMIS")

4 March 2011 

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				Numis Corporation Plc
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
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited        855,574* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited         4,674,016* CUIM Nominee Limited                                 305,499*             * denotes direct interest BNP Paribas - London                                     232,942 Chase Nominees Limited                                   895,980
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		02 March 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03 March 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4% to 5% Change at Direct Interest Level

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
Ordinary Shares GB00B05M6465	5,945,689		5,945,689		6,964,011	5,835,089		1,128,922	5.20%		1.01%
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
6,964,011				6.21%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on the total number of voting rights of 112,195,996, as confirmed by the Company's announcement of 23 February 2011.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

The total number of Numis ordinary shares of 5p each in issue is 112,195,996 with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote.  There are no shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in Numis is 112,195,996.  

4 March 2011    

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Contacts

Numis Corporation:             

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive                                                        020 7260 1256
Simon Denyer, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary        020 7260 1225                                

Brunswick:

Gill Ackers                                                                                           020 7396 5382

Carole Cable                                                                                       020 7396 7458

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):

Simon Boadle                                                                                     020 7583 5000       

Jon Raggett                                                                                        020 7583 5000               

 

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