Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0543V

Vertu Motors PLC

02 July 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Vertu Motors 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 qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):		YES

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Artemis Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	PEARSON PENSION FUND PRUDENTIAL STAFF PEN. SCHEME AKZO NOBEL PENSION SCHEME WITAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC L&G (Barclays) S2 MM ALPHA FUND L&G (Barclays) MM ALPHA FUND BARCLAYS UK ALPHA FUND ARTEMIS INST.SPECIAL SITS. FD ARTEMIS UK SPECIAL SIT TRUST
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	TD 16th June 2009 SD 18th June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18th June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%

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	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1GK4645	1,375,000	1,375,000	20,124,800	20,124,800		10.25%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
20,124,800	10.25%

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 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:	Alistair Fleming
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 718 0411

 

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