Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3667P
Smiths News PLC
23 October 2012
 



 




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



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

Smiths News 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

Silchester International Investors LLP

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Taxable Trust

 

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trust

 

Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust

 

Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free International Value Equity Trust

 

The Calleva Trust

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

22nd October 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23rd October 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

19%



 

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

GB00B17WCR61


36,438,995



34,872,438


18.98%



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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A


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

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

34,872,438

18.98%



 

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

 

N/A


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Silchester International Investors LLP

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

N/A



13. Additional information:

Silchester International Investors LLP ("Silchester") acts as investment manager for the clients detailed in Question 4 above (our "Clients").  In acting for our Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to vote on their behalf.  However, we do not act as our Clients' custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each Client's custodian bank. 

 

The decrease in Silchester's holdings was due to a series of transactions over a series of different trading days. Details of the number of shares held before the change (shown in Section A 'Situation previous to the Triggering transaction' above), represent the shares held by Silchester's clients as of the date of our last Notice of Substantial Shareholder's Interest and not as of the last trading day before which this disclosure level was triggered.

 

Notification is provided based on the total voting rights figure of 183,723,729.

14. Contact name:

Anish Kumar. Compliance & Risk Management

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 518 7124



 

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

Annex: Notification of major interests in share


A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

 

Silchester International Investors LLP

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 

Time & Life Building

1 Bruton Street, 5th Floor

London W1J 6TL

Phone number & email

 

0207 518 7124, akumar@Silchester.com

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 

Attn:     Anish Kumar,  Compliance & Risk Management



B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

 

Anish Kumar,  Compliance & Risk Management

Contact address

 

Time & Life Building

1 Bruton Street, 5th Floor

London W1J 6TL

Phone number & email

 

0207 518 7124, akumar@silchester.com

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)



C: Additional information


For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 


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