Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5564D

Shires Income PLC

03 December 2009

 



TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESi

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

Shires Income plc

2.     Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: No

Other: Yes; transfer of Barclays Global Investors businesses from Barclays Group/ Barclays plc to Blackrock Inc.

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

Barclays PLC

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

n/a

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

01/12/2009

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

02/12/2009

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

5% to 0%

8.     Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0008052507	1,753,182	1,753,182

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
		Direct	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0008052507	Not  reportable	Not  reportable	Not  reportable	Not reportable	Not  reportable

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

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

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 Not reportable

% of voting rights Not reportable

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

n/a

Proxy Voting:

10.     Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

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:

On 1 December 2009, Barclays Group sold the Barclays Global Investors business, including Barclays Global Investors Ltd, Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) Ltd, Barclays Global Investors N.A. and Barclays Global Fund Advisors to BlackRock Inc. Accordingly, holdings of Barclays Global Investors Ltd, Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) Ltd, Barclays Global Investors N.A. and Barclays Global Fund Advisors are no longer attributable to the Barclays Group/Barclays plc and responsibility for making relevant shareholding disclosures relating to holdings of Barclays Global Investors Ltd, Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) Ltd, Barclays Global Investors N.A. and Barclays Global Fund Advisors and other entities in the Barclays Global Investors business now lies with BlackRock.

14.     Contact name:

Charlie Macrae, Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd

15.     Contact telephone number:

    0207 463 6072

 

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