Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMDRV TIDMEIN 
 
RNS Number : 0921N 
Driver Group plc 
10 February 2009 
 
 
TR-1:notification of major interests in shares 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    | Driver Group PLC                  | 
| 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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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                |                       | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which  |                       | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to  |                       | 
| which voting rights are attached                           |                       | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights           |                       | 
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| Other (please specify):___Previously notified              |                       | 
| holding__________________                                  |                       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       |    Eaglet Investment Trust PLC    | 
| notification obligation:                       |                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different   | HSBC Global Custody Nominees Ltd  | 
| from 3.):                                      |     (a/c designation 866379)      | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  |            05/02/2009             | 
| the threshold is crossed or reached if         |                                   | 
| different):                                    |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:              |            09/02/2009             | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         |        Moved to below 4%          | 
| reached:                                       |                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                           |                       | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                       | 
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| Class/type of | Situation previous to      | Resulting situation after the triggering                     | 
| shares        | the Triggering             | transaction                                                  | 
|  if possible  | transaction                |                                                              | 
| using the     |                            |                                                              | 
| ISIN CODE     |                            |                                                              | 
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|               | Number of     | Number of  | Number of     | Number of voting        | % of voting        | 
|               | Shares        | Voting     | shares        | rights ix               | rights             | 
|               |               | Rights     |               |                         |                    | 
|               |               | viii       |               |                         |                    | 
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|               |               |            | Direct        | Direct  x  | Indirect   | Direct  | Indirect | 
|               |               |            |               |            | xi         |         |          | 
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|  Ordinary     |               |  1,057,975 |               |            |  1,032,975 |         |  3.916 % | 
|  Shares       |               |            |               |            |            |         |          | 
|  GB00B0L9C092 |               |            |               |            |            |         |          | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii                          | 
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| Type of        | Expiration | Exercise/         | Number of voting   | % of       | 
| financial      | date xiii  | Conversion        | rights that may be | voting     | 
| instrument     |            | Period/ Date xiv  | acquired if the    | rights     | 
|                |            |                   | instrument is      |            | 
|                |            |                   | exercised/         |            | 
|                |            |                   | converted.         |            | 
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|                |            |                   |                    |            | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                   | 
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| Number of voting rights              | % of voting rights                     | 
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| 1,032,975                            | 3.916 % of class                       | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:           | 
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|                                                                             | 
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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:               |                                            | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:   |                                            | 
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Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi 
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| A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | 
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| Full name (including legal form for legal  | Eaglet Investment Trust PLC         | 
| entities)                                  |                                     | 
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| Contact address (registered office for     | Beaufort House, 51 New North Road,  | 
| legal entities)                            | Exeter, Devon EX4 4EP               | 
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| Phone number                               | 01392 477589                        | 
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| Other useful information (at least legal   | Contact: Chris Lewis                | 
| representative for legal persons)          |                                     | 
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| B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii                              | 
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| Full name                                  | Chris Lewis                         | 
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| Contact address                            | Beaufort House, 51 New North Road,  | 
|                                            | Exeter, EX4 4EP                     | 
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| Phone number                               | 01392 477589                        | 
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| Other useful information (e.g. functional  | For and on behalf of Capita         | 
| relationship with the person or legal      | Sinclair Henderson Ltd; Company     | 
| entity subject to the notification         | Secretary                           | 
| obligation)                                |                                     | 
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| C:Additional information                                                        | 
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