Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6042S

Accsys Technologies PLC

14 September 2010

 



14 September 2010

AIM: AXS

NYSE Euronext Amsterdam: AXS

ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC

Notifiable Interest

The Company announces that it received the following notification on 13 September 2010:

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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

ü

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):

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 attached schedule

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

09 September 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 September 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

10,081,300

10,081,300

10,020,892

10,020,892

4.99

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

10,020,892

4.99

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 cease to hold:		60,408
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		09 September 2010
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Shaheen Hussain
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail]

                                                                        Schedule

FIL

Issuer name:                                            ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC

Current ownership percentage:                 4.99%

Total shares held:                                     10,020,892

Issued share capital:                                 200,602,528

SHARES HELD            NOMINEE                           MANAGEMENT

COMPANY

holding company for various direct and indirect     9,512,100               BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX                           FIL

subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management         508,792                  BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO                FIJ

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.

Ends

 

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