Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2831K

Workspace Group PLC

26 July 2013

 



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:

Workspace Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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):	Transfer of voting rights to client	Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	F&C Asset Management plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See box 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	25 July 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 July 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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
GB00B67G5X01 Ord GBP1	7,322,683	7,322,683	6,974,536	-	6,974,536	-	4.80%

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
Contracts for Difference				43,416	Nominal	Delta
					0.03%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,017,952	4.83%

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

Client No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name No client holding is > 3%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	F&C Asset Management plc
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:	Based on total voting rights of 145,283,384
14 Contact name:	Mike Bassi, F&C Asset Management plc
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 718 1093

 

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