TIDMWTM
RNS Number : 5681R
Waterman Group PLC
24 August 2010
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | Waterman Group plc |
| underlying issuer of existing | |
| shares to which voting rights are | |
| attached: | |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |
| boxes): |
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| | Yes |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |
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| | No |
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial | |
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares | |
| already issued to which voting rights are attached | |
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| | No |
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar | |
| economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
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| | No |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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| | | No |
| Other (please | | |
| specify): | | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject | Gartmore Investment Limited |
| to the notification obligation: | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Gartmore Fledgling Trust plc |
| different from 3.): | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and | 19th August 2010 |
| date on which the threshold is | |
| crossed or reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 20th August 2010 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | 5% |
| crossed or reached: | |
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+---------------+-----------+--------+------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+
| 8. Notified details: |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/type | Situation | Resulting situation after the |
| of | previous | triggering transaction |
| shares | to the | |
| if | triggering | |
| possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN | | |
| CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of | % of voting |
| | of | of | of | voting | rights |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | rights | |
| | | Rights | | | |
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| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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| GB0009422543 | N/A | N/A | 1,599,662 | | 1,599,662 | | 5.201% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| financial | date | Conversion | voting | rights |
| instrument | | Period | rights that may | |
| | | | be | |
| | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
| | | | | |
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+------------+----------+------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------+
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to |
| Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of |
| financial | price | date | Conversion | voting | voting |
| instrument | | | period | rights | rights |
| | | | | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| | | | | | Nominal |Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 1,599,662 | 5.201% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or |
| the |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy | |
| holder will cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder | |
| will cease to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | All figures are based on |
| | the Company's issued share |
| | capital of 30,758,824 as |
| | provided by Exshare. |
| | Email contact |
| | RDU@Gartmore.com |
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| 14. Contact name: | RDU |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 782 2224 |
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