Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6348Q

Shires Income PLC

21 October 2011

 



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: Following the disaggregation exemption notified to the FSA under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules on 17 October 2011, AXA S.A. and its subsidiary notifying Group entities, acting independently from their parent and each other, no longer have any reportable holdings in Shires Income PLC on a Group aggregated basis. However, AXA Investment Managers S.A. has now crossed upwards the 23% threshold and its holding notified below is on a Group disaggregated basis as an independent Group subsidiary.

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

AXA Investment Managers S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

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

17 October 2011

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

18 October 2011

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

23%, 22%, 21%, 20%, 19%, 18%, 17%, 16%, 15%, 14%, 13%, 12%, 11%, 10%, 5%

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
805250	3,025,825	3,025,825

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
805250	2,975,960		2,975,960		10.03

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 2,975,960

% of voting rights 10.03%

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

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:

n/a

14.       Contact name:

Stuart Reid, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

15.       Contact telephone number: 0131 528 4000

 

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