Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMFUTR TIDMASL TIDMAGIT TIDMAFHI 
 
RNS Number : 6899Q 
Future PLC 
06 August 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                              | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the   | Future plc                   | 
| underlying 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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|                                                               |  Yes  | 
| 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):      |                                              |       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | Aberforth Partners LLP       | 
| to the notification obligation:    |                              | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Shareholder                  | 
| different from 3.):                | Shares                       | 
|                                    | 1. Aberforth Smaller         | 
|                                    | Companies                    | 
|                                    | Trust plc                    | 
|                                    | 36,640,298                   | 
|                                    | 2. Aberforth UK Small        | 
|                                    | Companies                    | 
|                                    | Fund                         | 
|                                    | 12,750,000                   | 
|                                    | 3. Aberforth Geared Capital  | 
|                                    | &                            | 
|                                    | Income Trust plc             | 
|                                    | 4,519,250                    | 
|                                    | 4. Aberforth Geared Income   | 
|                                    | Trust                        | 
|                                    | plc                          | 
|                                    | 5,332,300                    | 
|                                    | All shares are registered in | 
|                                    | the name of Nortrust         | 
|                                    | Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth    | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 05/08/2010                   | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 06/08/2010                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | 18%                          | 
| crossed or 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                | Resulting situation after the triggering              | 
| of          | previous                 | transaction                                           | 
| shares      | to the                   |                                                       | 
| if possible | triggering               |                                                       | 
| using       | transaction              |                                                       | 
| the ISIN    |                          |                                                       | 
| CODE        |                          |                                                       | 
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|             | Number      | Number     | Number      | Number of           | % of  voting      | 
|             | of          | of         | of          | voting              | rights            | 
|             | Shares      | Voting     | shares      | rights              |                   | 
|             |             | Rights     |             |                     |                   | 
+             +             +            +-------------+---------------------+-------------------+ 
|             |             |            |             | Direct | Indirect   | Direct | Indirect | 
+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+ 
| Ordinary 1p | 56,214,750  | 56,214,750 | 59,241,848  | N/A    | 59,241,848 | N/A    | 18.07    | 
|             |             |            |             |        |            |        |          | 
+-------------+             +            +             +        +            +        +          + 
|             |             |            |             |        |            |        |          | 
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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     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | acquired if   |           | 
|               |            |            | the           |           | 
|               |            |            | instrument is |           | 
|               |            |            | exercised/    |           | 
|               |            |            | converted.    |           | 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
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| N/A           | N/A        | N/A        | N/A           | N/A       | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to                           | 
| Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               | 
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| Type of    | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of   | % of               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | refers to   |                    | 
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| N/A        | N/A      | N/A        | N/A        | N/A         |  Nominal   |Delta  | 
|            |          |            |            |             |            |       | 
+            +          +            +            +             +------------+-------+ 
|            |          |            |            |             | N/A        | N/A   | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                     | 
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| Number of voting rights            | Percentage of voting rights  | 
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| 59,241,848                         | 18.07                        | 
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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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| Held by Aberforth Partners LLP                                              | 
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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     | N/A                          | 
| will cease to hold voting rights:  |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:        |                              | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  | Mark Millar                  | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      | 01225 788203                 | 
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