Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6932V

The Vitec Group PLC

30 May 2008

 



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:

The Vitec Group plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
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:	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investment Corporation, ZFIC, Inc., Andrew A. Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	State Street Bank, Bank of New York, Mellon Trust, Brown Brothers Harriman, Northern Trust
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	May 29, 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	May 30, 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 5%

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
GB0009296665	2,203,259	5.25%			1,945,219		4.64

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
1,945,219	4.64

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

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ('API.P'), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 8, 1994. Control of API.P is vested in its general partner.  Artisan Investment Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin on December 7, 1994.  All of the outstanding stock of Artisan Investment Corporation is owned by ZFIC. Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.  Andrew A. Ziegler and Carlene M. Ziegler each own 50% of the voting stock of ZFIC. Inc. API.P, pursuant to advisory contracts, has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most clients.  Persons other than API.P are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, all of the securities reported hereunder. Artisan International Value Fund ('ARTIV'), is a series of Artisan Funds Inc., a U.S. registered investment company.  Certain officers and a director of Artisan Funds, Inc. are employees of API.P.  API.P. pursuant to its advisory contract with ARTIV, has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of ARTIV and to vote for ARTIV.  ARTIV, as of 29 May 2008, was interested in 947,880 shares representing 2.26% of the 1.61' disclosed above, of The Vitec Group plc.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
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:
15. Contact telephone name:

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

 

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