TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 8156T

Numis Corporation PLC

12 December 2011

NUMIS CORPORATION PLC ("NUMIS")

12 December 2011




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES ⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		Numis Corporation PLC
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: ⁱⁱⁱ	Kabouter Management LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	4 November 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 December 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Holding has gone above 3%

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

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B05M6465

3,094,236

3,896,988

3.47%

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

3,896,988

3.47%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Kabouter Management LLC manages "Kabouter Fund II" and "Kabouter Fund I QP LLC" and has interest in 3,896,988 shares of Numis Corporation Plc. 2,094,259 shares are held in "Kabouter Fund II" 1,802,729 shars are held in "Kabouter Fund I QP LLC"

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:
14. Contact name:	Linda Choi
15. Contact telephone number:	001 312 546 3091

The total number of Numis ordinary shares of 5p each in issue is 112,443,302 with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote. There are no shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in Numis is 112,443,302.

12 December 2011

END

Contacts

Numis Corporation:

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive 020 7260 1256
Simon Denyer, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary 020 7260 1225

Brunswick:

Gill Ackers 020 7396 5382

Fiona Micallef-Eynaud 020 7936 7414

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):

Simon Boadle 020 7583 5000

Jon Raggett 020 7583 5000