Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0021M

Sportech PLC

21 January 2009

 



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:	Sportech plc
2. Reason for the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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): Disclosure of holdings following the acquisition, by Lloyds Banking Group plc, of HBOS plc - this notification supersedes any notifications previously issued by HBOS plc.
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Lloyds Banking Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9.
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	16 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Direct/Indirect 12%
8. Notified details:

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
Ord 50p Shares ISIN GB00B28ZPV64	N/A	N/A	10,870,135	10,870,135	1,418,345	10.800%	1.409%

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
N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
12,288,480	12.209%

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

8,414,133 shares (8.360%) are under the control of Bank of Scotland plc a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and are therefore disclosed as an overall Direct Interest. 3,332,209 shares (3.311%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests). Within these holdings, 2,081,226 shares (2.068%) are managed on behalf of Clerical Medical Managed Funds Limited, a wholly owned subsidary of Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Financial Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and are therefore disclosed as an overall Direct Interest.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Notification using the total 100,652,603
14. Contact name:	Kenny Melville
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 243 8671

Notes 

 

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