Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMAOI 
 
RNS Number : 1526Y 
AOI Medical, Inc. 
27 August 2009 
 
 
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| TR-1:  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                              | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                | AOI Medical Inc           | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                     |                           | 
| attached: ii                                                      |                           | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                     | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                     | X           | 
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| 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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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic                 |             | 
| effect to qualifying financial instruments                                      |             | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                |             | 
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| Other (please specify): |                                                       |             | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)             | Numis Securities Limited                              | 
| subject to the                        |                                                       | 
| notification                          |                                                       | 
| obligation: iii                       |                                                       | 
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| 4. Full name of                       |                                                       | 
| shareholder(s)                        |                                                       | 
| (if different from                    |                                                       | 
| 3.):iv                                |                                                       | 
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| 5. Date of the                        | 26/08/09                                              | 
| transaction and date on               |                                                       | 
| which the threshold is                |                                                       | 
| crossed or                            |                                                       | 
| reached: v                            |                                                       | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer               | 27/08/09                                              | 
| notified:                             |                                                       | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that                  | Below 7%                                              | 
| is/are crossed or                     |                                                       | 
| reached: vi, vii                      |                                                       | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                   | 
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| Class/type of     | Situation previous                  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                 | 
| shares            | to the triggering                   |                                                                      | 
| if possible using | transaction                         |                                                                      | 
| the ISIN CODE     |                                     |                                                                      | 
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|                   | Number           | Number           | Number    | Number of                | % of voting rights x          | 
|                   | of               | of               | of shares | voting                   |                               | 
|                   | Shares           | Voting           |           | rights                   |                               | 
|                   |                  | Rights           |           |                          |                               | 
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|                   |                  |                  | Direct    | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct          | Indirect    | 
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|                   | 531,262          | 531,262          | 468,762   | 468,762   |              | 5.492%          |             | 
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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 voting               | % of voting       | 
| financial                     | date xiii   | Conversion Period xiv       | rights that may be             | rights            | 
| instrument                    |             |                             | acquired if the                |                   | 
|                               |             |                             | instrument is                  |                   | 
|                               |             |                             | exercised/ converted.          |                   | 
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| Option                        | 21 June     | 22 June 2007 - 21 June 2012 | 113,174                        | 1.326%            | 
|                               | 2012        |                             |                                |                   | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                           | 
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| Type of                 | Exercise   | Expiration | Exercise/       | Number of voting               | % of voting             | 
| financial               | price      | date xvii  | Conversion      | rights                         | rights xix, xx          | 
| instrument              |            |            | period xviii    | instrument refers to           |                         | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                  | 
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| Number of voting rights                                       | Percentage of voting rights                                    | 
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| 581,936                                                       | 6.818%                                                         | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the        | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                        | 
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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:   |                                                       | 
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| 14. Contact name:             | Robin Ikel                                            | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7260 1229                                         | 
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