Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0976H

Accsys Technologies PLC

12 February 2010

 



Regulatory Announcement

Company Accsys Technologies PLC TIDM AXS Headline Released    12 February 2010 Number

AIM: AXS

NYSE Euronext Amsterdam: AXS

12 February 2010

ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC
("Accsys" or " the Company")

Notifiable Interest

Following completion of the Company's €16.9m fundraising, the Company announces that it received the following notification from FIL Limited (formerly known as Fidelity International Limited) on 11 February 2010:

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Accsys Technologies 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):

Participation in Subscription for New Ordinary Shares issued by the Company

ü

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

FIL Limited

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

* See below

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

10 February 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 February 2010

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

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0LMC530

0

0

11,580,900

11,580,900

5.77

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

11,580,900

5.77

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire to hold:

11,580,900

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire to hold voting rights:

10 February 2010

13. Additional information:

Participation in Subscription for New Ordinary Shares issued by the Company

*

	SHARES HELD	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT COMPANY
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.	11,011,700 569,200	BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FIL FIJ

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For further information, please contact:

Accsys Technologies PLC	Paul Clegg, CEO Kevin Wood, CFO	[phone]
Matrix Corporate Capital LLP Threadneedle  Communications	Stephen Mischler Anu Tayal Graham Herring Josh Royston [e-mail] [e-mail]	[phone] [phone]
Citigate First Financial B.V.	Wouter van de Putte  Menno Delken	+ 31 20 575 4080

 

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