Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMIQH 
 
RNS Number : 2924V 
IQ Holdings plc 
07 July 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           |       IQ Holdings 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)        |                                SVS Securities Plc | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |                                               N/A | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                                       3 July 2009 | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                                       7 July 2009 | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                                                4% | 
| 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                 | % of voting rights x                | 
|                | of                     | of                  | of                 | voting                    |                                     | 
|                | Shares                 | Voting              | shares             | rights                    |                                     | 
|                |                        | Rights              |                    |                           |                                     | 
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|                |                        |                     | Direct             | Direct xi  | Indirect xii | Direct                 | Indirect   | 
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| Ordinary       | 59,347,948             | 59,347,948          | 38,147,948         | 38,147,948 | 0            | 3.05%                  | 0.00%      | 
| shares of      |                        |                     |                    |            |              |                        |            | 
| 0.01p. ISIN:   |                        |                     |                    |            |              |                        |            | 
| GB00B29LZR97   |                        |                     |                    |            |              |                        |            | 
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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                          | rights that may be                    | rights         | 
|                                |                      | Period xiv                          | 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 financial          | Exercise   | Expiration      | Exercise/              | Number of voting              | % of voting                     | 
| instrument                 | price      | date xvii       | Conversion             | rights instrument             | rights xix, xx                  | 
|                            |            |                 | period xviii           | refers to                     |                                 | 
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| N/A                        | N/A        | N/A             | N/A                    | N/A                           | Nominal                | Delta  | 
|                            |            |                 |                        |                               |                        |        | 
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|                            |            |                 |                        |                               | N/A                    | N/A    | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                        | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                        | Percentage of voting rights                                         | 
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| 38,147,948                                                                     | 3.05%                                                               | 
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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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| N/A                                                                              | 
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| 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:                | Notification using a total voting   | 
|                                            | rights figure of 1,251,586,774.     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | James Bushell, SVS Securities plc.  | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 020 7638 5600                       | 
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