Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5481U

Oryx International Growth Fund Ld

03 December 2013

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED

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		Yes
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc
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	28 November 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	2 December 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	42%

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
B3BTVQ9	7,106,284	7,106,284	7,106,284	7,106,284		42.0%

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
7,106,284	42.0%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

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:	North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc and Mr C Mills are deemed to be acting in concert by the Takeover Panel. Mr C Mills currently owns 328,716 ordinary shares of the Company and together with North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc, the combined unchanged holding is 7,435,000 ordinary shares, representing 43.94% of the Company's issued share capital. Pursuant to the waivers granted by the Takeover Panel and approved by Oryx's shareholders (excluding the Concert Party) at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 22 August 2013, there is no obligation on the Concert Party to make an offer under Rule 9 or Rule 37 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
14. Contact name:	Bonita Guntrip
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7640 3203

 

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