Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9216E

SIG PLC

02 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:

SIG 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):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Deutsche Bank AG Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Deutsche Asset Management (Japan) Limited Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc DWS Investment GmbH Tilney Investment Management
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	29/09/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	30/09/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Aggregate Direct and Indirect 6 %

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0008025412	7,135,140	7,135,140	8,369,320	3,859,285	4,510,035	2.85%	3.33%

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
8,369,320	6.18%

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:
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:	David Lindsay/Andrew Anderson
15. Contact telephone name:	+00 44 207 545 8533/8532

 

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