TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 3545F

Numis Corporation PLC

19 February 2015

 



NUMIS CORPORATION PLC ("NUMIS")

19 FEBRUARY 2015    

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):	RIT Capital Partners plc is no longer required to notify major interests in shares managed by its subsidiary, GVO Investment Management Limited.				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		RIT Capital Partners plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Nortrust Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		18/02/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		18/02/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4% and 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

GB00B05M6465

10,547,510

10,547,510

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

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

Nil

Nil

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Not applicable.  Notification follows the approval of an exemption from the major interest notification requirements of DTR 5.4 granted to RIT Capital Partners plc for investments managed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, GVO Investment Management Limited.
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:	Simon Denyer  -  Group Finance Director
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 260 1225

The total number of Numis ordinary shares of 5p each in issue is 112,386,019 with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote. 

There are 6,052,517 (5.39%) shares held in Treasury

The total number of voting rights in Numis is 112,386,019.  

19 February 2015       

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Contacts

Numis Corporation:             

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

Brunswick:

Gill Ackers                                                                               020 7404 5959

Simone Selzer                                                                        020 7404 5959

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):

Simon Boadle                                                                         020 7583 5000

Jon Raggett                                                                            020 7583 5000

 

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