Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMDAV TIDMAV. 
 
RNS Number : 1176V 
Davenham Group PLC 
27 October 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Davenham Group 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                              |   v    | 
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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   | Aviva plc & its subsidiaries                | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      | Registered Holder:                          | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          |                                             | 
|                                     | BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited          | 
|                                     | 179,738*                                    | 
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|                                     | Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited           | 
|                                     | 1,017,017*                                  | 
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|                                     | Chase Nominees Limited                      | 
|                                     | 89,126*                                     | 
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|                                     | *denotes direct interest                    | 
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|                                     | Vidacos Nominees Limited                    | 
|                                     | 302,903                                     | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 26 October 2010                             | 
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| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 27 October 2010                             | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 5% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level    | 
| or                                  |                                             | 
| reached: vi, vii                    |                                             | 
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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 transaction                     | 
| of           | to the triggering                 |                                                                          | 
| shares       | transaction                       |                                                                          | 
| if possible  |                                   |                                                                          | 
| using        |                                   |                                                                          | 
| the ISIN     |                                   |                                                                          | 
| CODE         |                                   |                                                                          | 
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|              | Number            | Number        | Number      | Number of voting        | % of  voting                     | 
|              | of                | of            | of          | rights                  | rights x                         | 
|              | Shares            | Voting        | shares      |                         |                                  | 
|              |                   | Rights        |             |                         |                                  | 
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|              |                   |               | Direct      | Direct       | Indirect | Direct          | Indirect       | 
|              |                   |               |             | xi           | xii      |                 |                | 
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| Ordinary     | 1,709,343         | 1,709,343     | 1,588,784   | 1,285,881    | 302,903  | 4.94%           | 1.16%          | 
| Shares       |                   |               |             |              |          |                 |                | 
| GB00B0P32071 |                   |               |             |              |          |                 |                | 
+--------------+                   +               +             +              +          +                 +                + 
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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 voting            | % of voting         | 
| financial                  | date xiii  | Conversion Period xiv         | rights that may             | rights              | 
| instrument                 |            |                               | be                          |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | acquired if the             |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | instrument is               |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | exercised/                  |                     | 
|                            |            |                               | converted.                  |                     | 
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|              |             |     |      |        |             |        |     |          |            |    |                | 
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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          | 
| financial    | price    | date xvii  | Conversion | rights           | rights xix,          | 
| instrument   |          |            | period     | instrument       | xx                   | 
|              |          |            | xviii      | refers to        |                      | 
|              |          |            |            |                  |                      | 
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|              |          |            |            |                  | Nominal      | Delta | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                               | 
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| Number of voting rights                           | Percentage of voting rights             | 
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| 1,588,784                                         | 6.10%                                   | 
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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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| The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services | 
|                  Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- | 
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|                                        Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: | 
|                                               ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) | 
|      ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) | 
| ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group | 
|                                                               Holdings Limited) | 
|      ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of | 
|                                               Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    | See Section 4                | 
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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:          | Figures are based on a total number of   | 
|                                      | voting rights of  26,060,565.            | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |      Neil Whittaker                      | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |      01603 684420                        | 
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