Holding(s) in Company (Replac

RNS Number : 6641B

Smiths News PLC

19 August 2008

 

 

The following amendments have been made to the 'Holding(s) in Company' announcement released today at 12.45 under RNS No 6345B.

The information that was entered in sections 4, 5 and 6 should have appeared in sections 5, 6 and 7. The Issuer information at the end of the form was also omitted.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended text is shown below.

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:

Smiths News 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	No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights	No
Other (please specify):______________	No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Barclays PLC
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):	15-Aug-08
6. Date on which issuer notified:	19-Aug-08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3% to below notifiable %

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
GB00B17WCR61	5,505,683	5,505,683	Not reportable	Not reportable	Not reportable	Not reportable	Not reportable

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
Not reportable	Not reportable

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:	Geoff Smith
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7116 2913

Notification received by Issuer         : 19 August 2008

Issuer Contact Name                          : Colin White

Issuer Contact Telephone Number : 01793 563576

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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