Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5236G

Workspace Group PLC

02 February 2010

 



Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

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:		Workspace 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:	Mr S N Roditi
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):	11 December 2009 - via Placing
6. Date on which issuer notified:	2 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	25% and 26%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code: GB0005296354	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 257,072,455	Number of voting rights 257,072,455	Number of shares 299,177,718	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct 299,177,718	Indirect n/a	Direct 26.02%	Indirect n/a

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
299,177,718	26.02%

 

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

The Belvedere Realty Investment Company, 100,000,000 shares,  8.7% Mr S N Roditi, 11,936,520 shares, 1.04% Mrs P Roditi, 78,403,251 shares, 6.82% Rovida Holdings Limited  92,582,057 shares, 8.05% RR Investment Company Ltd, 16,255,890 shares, 1.41%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Amanda Whalley, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7369 2377

 

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