Air Partner PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (9753Z)

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RNS Number : 9753Z

Air Partner PLC

23 September 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                                           Air Partner 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): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                      YES 
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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: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                 Shareholder Shares 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                    1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust 
                                                                 plc 730,700 
                                                                 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund 
                                                                 105,309 
                                                                 3. Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc 
                                                                 411,726 
                                                                 All shares are registered in the name 
                                                                 of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                                        18/09/2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                          21/09/2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                                                               12% 
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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 triggering 
 of              to the triggering                       transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                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) 
-------------    -----     -------  ------  -----      ---------------  -------  ----------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
 GB0000115302   1,129,835            1,129,835          1,247,735        N/A      1,247,735   N/A           12.16 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 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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 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 (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 rights 
 financial         price              date (xvii)    Conversion           rights instrument         (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                          period               refers to 
                                                     (xviii) 
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 N/A              N/A                N/A            N/A                                            Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -----------------  -------------  -------------------  -------                   ------------  ------ 
                                                                         N/A                       N/A           N/A 
-------------    -----     -------  ------  -----      ------      ---  ------------------------  ------------  ------ 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 1,247,735                                                          12.16 
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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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                                                  Held by Aberforth Partners LLP 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                               N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                               N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                                N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                            Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners 
                                                                             LLP 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                     0131 220 0733 
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