Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5147V

BowLeven Plc

14 January 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:

Bowleven 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		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

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:	11/01/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14/01/2013
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
GB00B04PYL99	15,005,686	15,005,686	14,091,739	-	14,091,739	-	4.78%

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
- Contract for Difference	n/a	n/a	n/a	244,204	Nominal	Delta
					0.08

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,335,943	4.86%

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

No underlying client holds >3%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
14. Contact name:	Stephen Macnamara, F&C Asset Management plc
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 718 1148

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Bowleven plc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	The Cube 45 Leith Street Edinburgh EH1 3AT UK
Phone number & email	Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] (Company Secretarial Asst)
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Stephen Macnamara, F&C Asset Management plc
Contact address	80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU
Phone number & email	0131 718 1148 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

 

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