Holding(s) in Company (3528E)

TIDMMSS

RNS Number : 3528E

Managed Support Services PLC

29 May 2012

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying           MANAGED SUPPORT SERVICES 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 
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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                                 u 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                     HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                         DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                         28 MAY 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                           29 MAY 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                             5% 
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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 
  of             to the triggering                      transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number             Number              Number                      Number of voting        % of voting 
                 of                 of                  of shares                   rights                  rights (x) 
                 Shares             Voting 
                                    Rights 
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                                                       Direct     Indirect         Direct   Indirect       Direct   Indirect 
                                                                                    (xi)     (xii) 
-------------  ----  -----  ----  ---  -----  ------  ---------  ---------------  -------  -------------  -------  ---------- 
 GB00B105MM77   17,711,290         17,711,290                     17,711,290                17,711,290 
               -----------------  ------------------  ---------  ---------------  -------  -------------  -------  ---------- 
                                                                                                                    0.6536% 
-------------  ----  -----  ----  ---  -----  ------    -------  -----  ----      -------  --------  ---  -------  ---------- 
 
 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 Period               rights that may             rights 
                                                (xiv)                           be 
                                                                                acquired if the 
                                                                                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 financial    Exercise          Expiration       Exercise/       Number of voting             % of voting rights 
  instrument           price             date (xvii)      Conversion      rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
                                                          period          refers to 
                                                          (xviii) 
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                                                                                                      Nominal       Delta 
-------------------  ----------------  ---------------  --------------  ---------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                                 Percentage of voting rights 
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  17,711,290                                                             0.6536% 
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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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 17,686,000 of these shares are held for unit trusts operated by Marlborough 
  Fund Managers Ltd, for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the portfolio 
  of investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining shares are held 
  for other Discretionary clients. 
 
 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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                                            The change in the percentage of the 
  13. Additional information:                shares in issue made up by our discretionary 
                                             holdings has come about entirely as 
                                             a result of the placing of new shares 
                                             by Managed Support Services Plc, that 
                                             were admitted to AIM on 28/05/2012. 
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 14. Contact name:                          David Clueit 
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 15. Contact telephone number:              01253 754739 
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