Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMGSD TIDMBARC 
 
RNS Number : 9492D 
Goldshield Group plc 
10 December 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          | Goldshield Group 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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| 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     |                                                   |   X    | 
| specify):         |                                                   |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to      | Barclays PLC                      | 
| the notification obligation:              |                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        | Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd   | 
| different from 3.):                       | Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd         | 
|                                           | Gerrard Investment Management Ltd | 
|                                           | Walbrook Trustees (Guernsey) Ltd  | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date       | 01-Dec-09                         | 
| on which the threshold is crossed         |                                   | 
| or reached:                               |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         | 02-Dec-09                         | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed       | 7% to 6%                          | 
| 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 of  | Situation previous         | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction        | 
| shares         | to the triggering          |                                                             | 
| if possible    | transaction                |                                                             | 
| using          |                            |                                                             | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                            |                                                             | 
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|                | Number         | Number    | Number         | Number of voting     | % of voting rights  | 
|                | of             | of        | of             | rights               |                     | 
|                | Shares         | Voting    | shares         |                      |                     | 
|                |                | Rights    |                |                      |                     | 
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|                |                |           | Direct         | Direct   | Indirect  | Direct   | Indirect | 
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| GB0002893823   | 2,722,456      | 2,722,456 | 2,228,206      | 0        | 2,228,206 | 0.00     | 6.07     | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         | 
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| Type of financial   | Expiration | Exercise/          | Number of voting    | % of voting    | 
| instrument          | date       | Conversion         | rights that may be  | rights         | 
|                     |            | Period             | acquired if the     |                | 
|                     |            |                    | instrument is       |                | 
|                     |            |                    | exercised/          |                | 
|                     |            |                    | converted.          |                | 
|                     |            |                    |                     |                | 
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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 voting             | 
| financial     |          |            | Conversion | voting         | rights                  | 
| instrument    | price    | date       |            | rights         |                         | 
|               |          |            | period     | instrument     |                         | 
|               |          |            |            | refers to      |                         | 
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|               |          |            |            |                |    Nominal    |  Delta  | 
|               |          |            |            |                |               |         | 
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|               |          |            |            |                |               |         | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights                   | Percentage of voting rights       | 
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| 2,228,206                                 | 6.07                              | 
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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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| Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                                        | 
| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                                              | 
| Gerrard Investment Management Ltd                                                      | 
| Walbrook Trustees (Guernsey) Ltd                                                       | 
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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:               | On 1 December 2009, Barclays      | 
|                                           | Group sold the Barclays Global    | 
|                                           | Investors business, including     | 
|                                           | Barclays Global Investors Ltd,    | 
|                                           | Barclays Global Investors         | 
|                                           | (Deutschland) Ltd, Barclays       | 
|                                           | Global Investors N.A. and         | 
|                                           | Barclays Global Fund Advisors to  | 
|                                           | BlackRock Inc.  Accordingly,      | 
|                                           | holdings of Barclays Global       | 
|                                           | Investors Ltd, Barclays Global    | 
|                                           | Investors (Deutschland) Ltd,      | 
|                                           | Barclays Global Investors N.A.    | 
|                                           | and Barclays Global Fund Advisors | 
|                                           | are no longer attributable to the | 
|                                           | Barclays Group/Barclays plc and   | 
|                                           | responsibility for making         | 
|                                           | relevant shareholding disclosures | 
|                                           | relating to holdings of Barclays  | 
|                                           | Global Investors Ltd, Barclays    | 
|                                           | Global Investors (Deutschland)    | 
|                                           | Ltd, Barclays Global Investors    | 
|                                           | N.A. and Barclays Global Fund     | 
|                                           | Advisors and other entities in    | 
|                                           | the Barclays Global Investors     | 
|                                           | business now lies with BlackRock. | 
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| 14. Contact name:                         | Geoff Smith                       | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:             | 020 7116 2913                     | 
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