Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9798E

Dawnay, Day Sirius

02 October 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	DAWNAY DAY SIRIUS LIMITED
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
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 the notification obligation:	Funds under the discretionary management of Laxey Partners Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Credit Suisse Client Nominees UK Ltd and Vidacos Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	1 October 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	2 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Percentage Change
8. Notified details:	7.82% on 14 July 2008

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GG00B1W3VF54	23,645,729	23,645,729	26,645,729	26,645,729		8.82%

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
26,645,729 shares	8.82%

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:
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:

Annex 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)	Laxey Partners Limited
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	The Old Chapel, Summerhill Road Onchan, Isle of Man, IM3 1NA
Phone number	+ 44 (0) 1624 690900
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

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