Bglobal PLC Holding(s) in Company (8472L)

TIDMBGBL

RNS Number : 8472L

Bglobal PLC

09 July 2014

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                 Bglobal 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): 
 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) subject                             Weiss Asset Management LP 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                  Brookdale International Partners, L.P., 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                          Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                         Jul-04-2014 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                           Jul-07-2014 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                > 5% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
 Class/type     Situation previous                    Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                     transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
               ------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                Number           Number               Number        Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 of               of                   of shares     rights                    (x) 
                 Shares           Voting 
                                  Rights 
               ---------------  -------------------  ------------  ------------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                      Direct        Direct         Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)           (xii) 
                 -----  ------  ------  ------  ---  ------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------- 
 GB00B1VLV059        <5%                <5%            5,455,000     5,455,000       n/a         5.13 %           n/a 
               ---------------  -------------------  ------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of financial       Expiration      Exercise/                        Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument              date (xiii)     Conversion Period                rights that may              rights 
                                          (xiv)                            be 
                                                                           acquired if the 
                                                                           instrument is 
                                                                           exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of          Exercise       Expiration      Exercise/          Number of voting              % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date (xvii)     Conversion         rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period             refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
                 -------------  --------------  -----------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                                                                  Nominal       Delta 
                 -------------  --------------  -----------------  ----------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
 Number of voting rights                                          Percentage of voting rights 
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------- 
 5,455,000                                                        5.13 % 
                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
 
   Brookdale International Partners, L.P.: 3,818,500 voting rights/financial 
   instruments (3.59 %) 
   Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 1,636,500 voting rights/financial 
   instruments (1.54%) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
                                                       ------------------------------ 
 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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                                                    Please note: This notification is 
  13. Additional information:                  being furnished to the issuer admitted 
                                                    to a prescribed market and is not 
                                                            being filed with the FCA. 
 14. Contact name:                                                    Georgiy Nikitin 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                        [phone] 
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