Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8299A

Vertu Motors PLC

07 August 2008

 



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

VERTU MOTORS PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please state 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 the notification obligation (iii):

OCTOPUS INVESTMENTS LIMITED

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

Fund Managing Co	Number of Shares held	Issued Share Capital	Percentage of Issued Shared Capital	UK Registered Owner	Beneficial Owner
Octopus Investments Limited	1,666,666		1.81%	Capita Trust Company Limited	Close Brothers AIM VCT
Octopus Investments Limited	250,000		0.27%	HSBC Bank plc	Close Second AIM VCT plc - Ord
Octopus Investments Limited	1,001,000		1.09%	HSBC Bank plc	Close Second AIM VCT plc - C&D
Octopus Investments Limited	1,251,001		1.36%	Capita Trust Company Limited	Close Brothers IHT AIM VCT
Octopus Investments Limited	2,900,167		3.15%	Octopus Investments Nominees Limited	Octopus Investments Nominees Limited
Total	7,068,834	91,944,000	7.69%

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached if different) (v):

01/08/2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

  06/08/2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

  7%

8. Notified details:

N/A

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB00B1GK4645	2,900,167	2,900,167

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1GK4645	7,068,834	7,068,834	-	7.69%	-

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
7,068,834	7.69%

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

N/A

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:

-

14. Contact name:

STEPHEN HENDERSON

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7776 8664

 

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