Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8673E

Spark Ventures PLC

01 October 2008

 



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:		Spark Ventures Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			YES
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________			N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	River and Mercantile Asset Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	30th September 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1st October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GB0008550286	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 20,634,910	Number of voting rights 20,634,910	Number of shares 20,884,910	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 20,884,910	Indirect	Direct 5.08%	Indirect

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
20,884,910	5.08%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	River and Mercantile Asset Management LLP
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:
14 Contact name:	Andrew Betton
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7851 7777

 

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