Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMABU TIDMCZB 
 
RNS Number : 8236L 
Abacus Group PLC 
16 January 2009 
 

 
 
 
 
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   | Abacus Group PLC             | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting     |                              | 
| rights are attached:                          |                              | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          | 
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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): Commerzbank AG is now the ultimate        | Yes      | 
| holding company of the company named in box 4 below, and is       |          | 
| therefore the party subject to the notification obligation,       |          | 
| following its purchase of Dresdner Bank AG from Allianz SE.       |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Commerzbank AG                      | 
| notification obligation:               |                                     | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     | Veer Palthe Voute NV                | 
| different from 3):                     |                                     | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 12 January 2009                     | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                     | 
| reached if different):                 |                                     | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 15 January 2009                     | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 5%                                  | 
| reached:                               |                                     | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                                         | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                         | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous   | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | 
| of shares    | to the triggering    |                                                       | 
| If           | transaction          |                                                       | 
| possible     |                      |                                                       | 
| use ISIN     |                      |                                                       | 
| code         |                      |                                                       | 
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|              | Number    | Number   | Number   | Number of voting     | Percentage of       | 
|              | of        | of       | of       | rights               | voting rights       | 
|              | shares    | voting   | shares   |                      |                     | 
|              |           | rights   |          |                      |                     | 
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|              |           |          |          | Direct   | Indirect  | Direct   | Indirect | 
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| GB0000305796 | 3,731,223 |          |          |          | 4,221,080 |          | 5.739%   | 
|              |           |          |          |          |           |          |          | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage of | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that          | voting rights | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | may be               |               | 
|               |               |               | acquired (if         |               | 
|               |               |               | the                  |               | 
|               |               |               | instrument           |               | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |               | 
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|               |               |               |                      |               | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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| 4,221,080                            | 5.739%                               | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:              | 
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| Veer Palthe Voute NV ("VPV") is a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank Luxembourg    | 
| S.A. ("DB Lux"), which is a subsidiary of DreCo Erste Beteiligungs GmbH,    | 
| which is in turn a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG ("Dresdner").             | 
| Dresdner Bank AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Commerzbank AG.            | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of 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:                     | Dresdner Kleinwort Media Relations   | 
|                                      | Team                                 | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 020 7623 8000                        | 
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