Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3901O

SIG PLC

05 March 2009

 



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:	BlackRock Inc
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):	3 March 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 March 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Gone below 5%

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	7,030,334	7,030,334	N/A	N/A	6,632,375	N/A	4.88%

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
6,632,375	4.88%

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 6,632,375 (4.88%)

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:
15. Contact telephone number:

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name  (including legal form of legal entities)	BlackRock Inc
Contact address  (registered office for legal entities)	33 King William Street, London EC4R 9AS
Phone number & email	020 7743 2098
Other useful information  (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Stuart Watchorn

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
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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