Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMMST 
 
RNS Number : 7427N 
Mid-States PLC 
16 June 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                              | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the   |                              | 
| underlying issuer of existing      | Mid-States Plc               | 
| 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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|                                                               |  No   | 
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                   |       | 
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|                                                               |   No  | 
| 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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|                                                               |   No  | 
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar        |       | 
| economic effect to qualifying financial instruments           |       | 
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|                                                               |  No   | 
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights              |       | 
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|                |   Placing                                    |  Yes  | 
| Other (please  |                                              |       | 
| specify):      |                                              |       | 
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|                |                                              |       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | Gartmore Investment Limited  | 
| to the notification obligation:    |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | See attached schedule        | 
| different from 3.):                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 14th June 2010               | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 15th June 2010               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | 5%                           | 
| crossed 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    | Situation            | Resulting situation after the triggering              | 
| of            | previous             | transaction                                           | 
| shares        | to the               |                                                       | 
| if possible   | triggering           |                                                       | 
| using         | transaction          |                                                       | 
| the ISIN      |                      |                                                       | 
| CODE          |                      |                                                       | 
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|               | Number      | Number | Number      | Number of           | % of  voting      | 
|               | of          | of     | of          | voting              | rights            | 
|               | Shares      | Voting | shares      | rights              |                   | 
|               |             | Rights |             |                     |                   | 
+               +             +        +-------------+---------------------+-------------------+ 
|               |             |        | Direct      | Direct | Indirect   | Direct | Indirect | 
+---------------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+ 
|  GB0002683034 |  N/A        | N/A    | 21,428,571  |        | 21,428,571 |        | 8.213%   | 
+---------------+             +        +             +        +            +        +          + 
|               |             |        |             |        |            |        |          | 
+---------------+-------------+--------+-------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+ 
 
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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     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may 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                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               | 
|                                                                                    | 
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| Type of    | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of   | % of               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | 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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| 21,428,571                         | 8.213%                       | 
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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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|                                                                             | 
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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:        | All figures are based on the | 
|                                    | Companies issued share       | 
|                                    | capital of 260,903,839 as    | 
|                                    | provided by Exshare          | 
|                                    | E mail contact               | 
|                                    | [e-mail]             | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  | RDU                          | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      | 0207 782 2324                | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| Current Holdings By Instrument Type                                             | 
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| Stock Line: 0268303 MID-STATES ORD        | Issued Share Capital:   260,903,839 | 
| GBP0.01                                   |                                     | 
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| Share           | Shares     | % of       | UK Registered  | Beneficial Owner   | 
| Description     | Held       | Issued     | Owner          |                    | 
| Fund            |            | Share      |                |                    | 
| Managing Co.    |            | Capital    |                |                    | 
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|                                                                                 | 
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| Equities                                                                        | 
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|                                                                                 | 
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| MID-STATES ORD  |                                                               | 
| GBP0.01         |                                                               | 
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|                                                                                 | 
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|                 | 8,721,092  | 3.343%     | HSBC GLOBAL    | GARTMORE FUND      | 
| Gartmore Fund   |            |            | CUSTODY        | MANAGERS LTD A/C   | 
|                 |            |            | NOMINEE UK LTD | GARTMORE UK &      | 
| Managers        |            |            |                | IRISH              | 
| Limited         |            |            |                | SMALLER COMPANIES  | 
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|                                                                                 | 
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|                 | 9,498,415  | 3.641%     | NORTRUST       | STRATHCLYDE        | 
| Gartmore        |            |            | NOMINEES       | PENSION FUND       | 
|                 |            |            | LIMITED        |                    | 
| Investment      |            |            |                |                    | 
|                 |            |            |                |                    | 
| Limited         |            |            |                |                    | 
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|                                                                                 | 
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|                 | 3 209 064  | 1.230%     | GARTMORE       | GARTMORE GROWTH    | 
|                 |            |            | GROWTH         | OPPORTUNITIES PLC  | 
|                 |            |            | OPPORTUNITIES  |                    | 
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|                                                                                 | 
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|                 | 21,428,571 | 8.213%     |                                     | 
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|                 | 21,428,571 | 8.213%     |                                     | 
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