Digital Barriers plc Holding(s) in Company (8933Y)

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RNS Number : 8933Y

Digital Barriers plc

08 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                        Digital Barriers Plc 
  the underlying 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                                    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 to the notification                                      M&G Investment Funds (3) 
  obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                                  State Street Noms Ltd A/C 
                                                                             GMIR 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                            06 March 2017 
  and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer 
  notified:                                                             07 March 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                            See item 13 
  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     Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                   triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number            Number            Number          Number of                 % of voting 
                 of                of                of shares       voting                    rights (x) 
                 Shares            Voting                            rights 
                                   Rights 
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                                                    Direct          Direct     Indirect       Direct        Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
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 ORD GBP0.01 
 GB00B627R876      7,416,158         7,416,158        9,541,158        0        9,541,158          0          5.77% 
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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            Conversion                        rights that                 rights 
 instrument          (xiii)          Period (xiv)                      may 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) 
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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            Conversion         rights instrument           rights (xix, 
 instrument                       (xvii)          period             refers to                   xx) 
                                                  (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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 9,541,158                                            5.77% 
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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:                                             N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                                         N/A 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                                       N/A 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                          With reference to item 3, 
  13. Additional information:                              M&G Investments Funds (3) 
                                                           is an Open Ended Investment 
                                                           Company (OEIC) and is not 
                                                           a Prudential group company 
                                                           and must be separately disclosed. 
                                                           This OEIC Fund is managed 
                                                           by M&G Investment Management 
                                                           Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary 
                                                           of Prudential plc) and will 
                                                           have been previously attributed 
                                                           to Prudential plc solely 
                                                           on the basis that M&G Investment 
                                                           Management Ltd has direct 
                                                           fund management control over 
                                                           the shares identified in 
                                                           this notification. 
 
                                                           Therefore the 5.77% holding 
                                                           being disclosed in this notification 

                                                           is encompassed in the 7.06% 
                                                           being disclosed under The 
                                                           Prudential plc group of companies 
                                                           and is NOT in addition to 
                                                           it. 
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 14. Contact name:                                        John Baker / Owen Smith / 
                                                           James Todd 
                                                           M&G Investment Management 
                                                           Limited 
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                                                          020 7548 2561 / 020 7004 
 15. Contact telephone number:                             4517 / 020 7548 2293 
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