Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 1154M

Futura Medical PLC

20 August 2013

 



For immediate release

20 August 2013

Futura Medical plc

("Futura" or "the company")

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:		FUTURA MEDICAL
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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Change to Issued Share Capital
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Ignis Investment Services Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different:	19/08/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20/08/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8.Notified details: Nominee holdings
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
GB0033278473		3,003,410			2,302,060		2.97%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date	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
2,302,060	2.97%

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

Nominee: HSBC  (2,302,060.00, 2.97%) Phoenix Group Holdings Impala Holdings Limited Ignis Asset Management Ltd Ignis Investment Services Ltd (indirect)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	Percentage calculation based on Issued Share Capital of 77,589,984
14. Contact name:	Investment Operations
15. Contact telephone number:	0141 222 8158

 

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