Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5365C

Senior PLC

02 September 2008

 



TR-1 (i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Senior plc

2. Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of Voting Rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Aberforth Partners LLP. 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc	10,037,713
Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund	5,613,038
The Church Commissioners for England	1,583,200
Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust plc	2,273,000

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

28 August 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2 September 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Less than 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (viii)
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights (viii)	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights		% of Voting Rights
				Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
GB0007958233	21,366,800	21,366,800	19,506,951		19,506,951		4.91

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date (xiii)	Exercise / Conversion Period / Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted.	% of voting rights

TOTAL (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
19,506,951	4.91

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

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

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:

A Bodenham, Company Secretary, Senior plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01923 714745

Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

Senior plc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

59/61 High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RH.

Phone number:

01923 714745

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name:

A Bodenham

Contact address:

59/61 High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RH.

Phone number:

01923 714745

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation):

C: Additional information :

 

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