Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3975V

Ricardo PLC

11 January 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Ricardo 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:	Delta Lloyd N.V. and its Group of Companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Registered Holder: Delta Lloyd Levensverzekering N.V                                                1,920,000* *denotes direct interest Delta Lloyd L European Participation Fund Sicav                                                1,402,339 Delta Lloyd Europees Deeinemingen Fonds N.V.                                                3,734,352
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	10th January 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11th January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10% to 9% Change at Combined Indirect Interest Level

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	7,126,537	7,126,537	1,920,000	1,920,000	5,136,691	3.70%	9.91%
GB0007370074

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,056,691	13.61%

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

The voting rights held in the 2 investment funds are managed and controlled by Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V., with the following chain of controlled undertakings: Delta Lloyd Asset Management NV: ·    Delta Lloyd N.V. ·    DLAM Holding B.V. ·    Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd N.V.)   Delta Lloyd Levensverzekering N.V.’s chain of control is as follows: ·    Delta Lloyd N.V. ·    Delta Lloyd Houdstermaatschappij Verzekeringen N.V. ·    Delta Lloyd Levensverzekering N.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd N.V.)

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 a total number of voting rights of 51,837,179, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 30 December 2011.
14. Contact name:	Stéphanie Pirlot, Delta Lloyd Asset Management
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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