Digital Barriers plc Holding(s) in Company (7154O)

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RNS Number : 7154O

Digital Barriers plc

10 February 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                      Digital Barriers plc 
  issuer 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 
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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):                                                                                             x 
                                                               CHANGE IN NATURE : SHARES LOANED OUT 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                              Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 
  to the notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                      Registered Holder: 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                                      BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 839,816* 
                                                                      Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 5,196,017* 
 
                                                                      Chase Nominees Limited 64,110* 
 
                                                                      Available Upon Request 166,000* 
 
                                                                      *denotes direct interest 
 
                                                                      Chase Nominees Limited 255,617 
 
                                                                      Vidacos Nominees Limited 933,837 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                            09 February 2016 
  on which the threshold is crossed 
  or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                              10 February 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                            5% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level 
  or reached: (vi, vii)                                          (Box 8A) 
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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      Situation previous            Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering             transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number          Number        Number          Number of voting           % of voting rights 
                  of              of            of shares       rights                     (x) 
                  Shares          Voting 
                                  Rights 
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                                               Direct          Direct      Indirect       Direct    Indirect 
                                                                (xi)        (xii) 
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 Ordinary 
  Shares 
 
 
  GB00B627R876   10,455,397*     10,455,397*   7,455,397       6,265,943   1,189,454      3.80%     0.71% 
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 *INC. RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES (1,000,000) 
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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             rights that may            rights 
 instrument                       (xiv)                         be 
                                                                acquired if the 
                                                                instrument is 
                                                                exercised/ converted. 
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   RIGHT TO 
     RECALL                                                           3,000,000* 
     LOANED 
     SHARES           N/A                    N/A                   *Direct Interest              1.82% 
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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 financial   Exercise   Expiration     Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting rights 
  instrument          price      date (xvii)    Conversion    rights instrument    (xix, xx) 
                                                period        refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
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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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 10,455,397                6.33% 
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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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       The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global 
       Services Limited and Friends Provident International Limited, with the 
                                 following chain of controlled undertakings:- 
 
                                     Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: 
                                              *    Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
 
 
                   *    Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
                                                                of Aviva plc) 
 
 
                          *    Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned 
                                  subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
 
 
                   *    Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned 
                              subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) 
 
 
 
                                     Friends Provident International Limited: 
                                              *    Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
 
 
                   *    Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
                                                                of Aviva plc) 
 
 
                            *    Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited (wholly owned 
                                  subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
 
 
                    *    Friends Life FPG Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of 
                                              Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited) 
 
 
                    *    Friends Life FPL Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of 
                                                    Friends Life FPG Limited) 
 
 

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