Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1800J
Assura Group Limited
25 March 2010
 



 

 

 

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:

  ASSURA GROUP LIMITED

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


X

 

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:

 

SOMERSTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED

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

 


REGISTERED HOLDERS:

BREWIN NOMINEES (CHANNEL ISLANDS) LIMITED - 48,016,736

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED - 31,500,000

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

 


24TH MARCH 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

25TH MARCH 2010

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

 

(1) ABOVE 5% TO ABOVE 25% AT COMBINED DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTEREST LEVEL

(2) BELOW 5% TO ABOVE 10% AT DIRECT INTEREST LEVEL.

 

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


GB0033732602

30,766,736

9.69%

79,516,736

36,284,552

43,232,184

11.43%

13.62%


 

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

 






Nominal

Delta

 



 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights


79,516,736


25.05%

 

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

 

 SORRENTO INVESTMENTS LIMITED - 43,232,184 SHARES - 13.62%

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the 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:

 

FIGURES ARE BASED ON A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS OF 317,467,036

14. Contact name:

 

STEVEN STEGENWALNER

15. Contact telephone number:

 

01534 822395

 


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