Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMAPG 
 
RNS Number : 0054A 
Airsprung Furniture Group PLC 
30 September 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   | Airsprung Furniture Group    | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting     | plc                          | 
| rights are attached:                          |                              | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       | Yes      | 
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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):                                           |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Jeremy Yates                        | 
| notification obligation:               |                                     | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     | See note 9                          | 
| different from 3):                     |                                     | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 29 September 2009                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                     | 
| reached if different):                 |                                     | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 29 September 2009                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |                                     | 
| reached:                               | 8%                                  | 
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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                  | 
| of shares    | to the triggering        | transaction                                               | 
| If possible  | transaction              |                                                           | 
| use ISIN     |                          |                                                           | 
| code         |                          |                                                           | 
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|              | Number of    | Number    | Number    | Number of voting        | Percentage of       | 
|              | shares       | of        | of        | rights                  | voting rights       | 
|              |              | voting    | shares    |                         |                     | 
|              |              | rights    |           |                         |                     | 
+              +              +           +           +-------------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |              |           |           | Direct       | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect | 
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| GB0000119940 | 1,993,262    | 1,993,262 | 1,868,262 | 1,868,262    |          | 7.82%    |          | 
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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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| 1,868,262                            | 7.82%                                | 
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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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| Mr Jeremy Yates - 1,084,866                                                 | 
| Mrs Jeremy Yates and other connected parties - 783,396                      | 
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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:                     | Tony Lisanti                         | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:          | 01225 754 411                        | 
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