Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8549M

SIG PLC

23 August 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

SIG plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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	BlackRock Inc
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	18 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii	Holding has gone above 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 rightsx
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0008025412	26,221,146	26,221,146	N/A	N/A	26,166,503	N/A	4.43%

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
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
CFD				3,401,240	Nominal	Delta
					0.58%	0.58%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
29,567,743	5.00%

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 29,567,743 (5.00%)

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:	BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Andrew Manchester
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 5773

 

END

 

 

HOLPGUAWRUPGUMW