Notification of Major Interests in Shares

 

TIDMFFG 
 
RNS Number : 4328V 
Freedom4 Group PLC 
09 July 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1:- NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                                     | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           | Freedom4 Group plc    | 
| 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   | No      | 
| 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  | No      | 
| qualifying financial instruments                                           |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           | No      | 
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| Other (please      |                                                       | No      | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        | Gartmore Investment Limited                       | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   | See section 9                                     | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   | 6th July 2009                                     | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          | 7th July 2009                                     | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      | 27%                                               | 
| crossed 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 of  | Situation previous                              | Resulting situation after the triggering                                               | 
| shares         | to the triggering                               | transaction                                                                            | 
| if possible    | transaction                                     |                                                                                        | 
| using          |                                                 |                                                                                        | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                                 |                                                                                        | 
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|                | Number                      | Number            | Number                      | Number               | % of voting rights                | 
|                | of                          | of                | of                          | of                   | x                                 | 
|                | Shares                      | Voting            | shares                      | voting               |                                   | 
|                |                             | Rights            |                             | rights               |                                   | 
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|                |                             |                   | Direct                      | Direct | Indirect    | Direct                 | Indirect | 
|                |                             |                   |                             | xi     | xii         |                        |          | 
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| GB0005846018   | 272,194,968                 | 272,194,968       | 282,195,184                 |        | 282,195,184 |                        | 27.269%  | 
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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       | 
| instrument                     | date xiii                   |                               | rights that may be                            | voting     | 
|                                |                             | Conversion                    | acquired if the                               | rights     | 
|                                |                             | Period xiv                    | instrument is                                 |            | 
|                                |                             |                               | exercised/ converted.                         |            | 
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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 date      | Exercise/                 | Number of voting               | % of voting                 | 
| financial                    | price    | xvii                 | Conversion                | rights instrument              | rights xix,                 | 
| instrument                   |          |                      | period                    | refers to                      | xx                          | 
|                              |          |                      | xviii                     |                                |                             | 
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| CFD                          | N/A      | N/A                  | N/A                       | 1,305,601                      | Nominal            | Delta  | 
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|                              |          |                      |                           |                                | 0.126%             |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                             | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                                  | Percentage of voting rights                                    | 
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| 283,500,785                                                                              | 27.395%                                                        | 
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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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| Equities                                                                         | 
| Fund Managing   Number of       % of Issued     UK Registered   Beneficial       | 
| Co              Shares Held     Capital         Owner           Owner            | 
| Gartmore Fund   51,425,439      4.969%          HSBC Global     Gartmore Fund    | 
| Managers                                        Custody         Managers Ltd     | 
| Limited                                         Nominee UK      A/C              | 
| Limited         Gartmore UK &                                                    | 
| Irish Smaller                                                                    | 
| Companies                                                                        | 
| Gartmore        13,127,810      1.269%          Gartmore        Gartmore         | 
| Investment                                      Growth          Growth           | 
| Limited                                         Opportunities   Opportunities    | 
| plc                                                                              | 
| Gartmore        169,072,938     16.338%         Vidacos         The Alphagen     | 
| Investment                                      Nominees Ltd    Volantis Fund    | 
| Limited                                         A/C 2303        Limited          | 
| VOLANT                                                                           | 
| Gartmore        48,568,997      4.693%          Nortrust        Strathclyde      | 
| Investment                                      Nominees        Pension Fund     | 
| Limited                                         Limited 54550                    | 
| Fund Managing   Number of       % of Issued     UK Registered   Beneficial       | 
| Co              Shares Held     Capital         Owner           Owner            | 
| Gartmore        1,305,601       0.126%          Vidacos         The Alphagen     | 
| Investment                                      Nominees Ltd    Volantis Fund    | 
| Limited                                         A/c 2303        Limited          | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the 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:                          | Stewart Porter                      | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 0870 386 0403                       | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                           | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share                                          | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation        | 
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| Full name                                  |                                             | 
| (including legal form of legal entities)   |                                             | 
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| Contact address                            |                                             | 
| (registered office for legal entities)     |                                             | 
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| Phone number & email                       |                                             | 
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| Other useful information                   |                                             | 
| (at least legal representative for legal   |                                             | 
| persons)                                   |                                             | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                               | 
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| Full name                                  | Gartmore Investment Limited                 | 
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| Contact address                            | Gartmore House, 8 Fenchurch Place,          | 
|                                            | London EC3M 4PB                             | 
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| Phone number & email                       | 020 7782 2324                               | 
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| Other useful information                   | Asset Manager                               | 
| (e.g. functional relationship with the     |                                             | 
| person or legal entity subject to the      |                                             | 
| notification obligation)                   |                                             | 
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| C: Additional information                                                                | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.                       | 
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