Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1130Z

Dawnay, Day Sirius

15 July 2008

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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:		Dawnay Day Sirius Limited
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:	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 transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	14 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14 July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Over 5%

8: Notified Details  First Disclosure
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GG00B1W3VF54	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares N/A	Number of voting rights N/A	Number of shares 23,645,729	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 23,645,729	Indirect	Direct 7.82%	Indirect

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
23,645,729 shares	7.82%

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:
15. Contact telephone name:

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

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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