Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8596J

Senior PLC

06 July 2011

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Senior plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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 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 notification obligation:	BlackRock UK Special Situations Fund
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	1 July 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 July 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Holding has gone above 4%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0007958233	N/A	N/A	16,173,163	16,173,163	N/A	4.02%	N/A

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage 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 periodi	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
16,173,163	4.02%

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

N.B. this fund's holding constitutes part of the group holdings managed by BlackRock, Inc. which remains within the previously disclosed threshold (above 17%).

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 402,236,989
14. Contact name:	Andrew Bodenham, Company Secretary, Senior plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01923 775547

 

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