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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