Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 6567Y 
Minorplanet Systems PLC 
07 September 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 of  |  MinorPlanet Systems Plc  | 
| 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                         |    X    | 
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| Other (please      | Placing                                             |         | 
| specify):          |                                                     |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to |                FIL Limited                  | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii         |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       |  FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding    | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv           |  company for various direct and indirect    | 
|                                      |subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management  | 
|                                      |Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd  | 
|                                      |  (FISL), FIL Gestion (FI GEST), FIL Asset   | 
|                                      |  Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL    | 
|                                      | Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited  | 
|                                      |   (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM),    | 
|                                      |  Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL   | 
|                                      |Investments International (FII), investment  | 
|                                      |   managers for various non-US investment    | 
|                                      |    companies and institutional clients.     | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |              02 September 2009              | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached: v                           |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |              04 September 2009              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |           5%, 10%, 11%, 12%, 13%            | 
| 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                                                      | 
| shares         | to the triggering                        | triggering transaction                                                             | 
| if possible    | transaction                              |                                                                                    | 
| using          |                                          |                                                                                    | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                          |                                                                                    | 
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|                | Number                      | Number     | Number                      | Number of                        | % of              | 
|                | of                          | of         | of shares                   | voting                           | voting            | 
|                | Shares                      | Voting     |                             | rights                           | rights x          | 
|                |                             | Rights     |                             |                                  |                   | 
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|                |                             |            | Indirect                    | Direct xi | Indirect xii         | Direct | Indirect | 
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|                | Less than 5%                | Less than  | 893,125                     |           | 893,125              |        | 13.85    | 
|                |                             | 5%         |                             |           |                      |        |          | 
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| GB00B3W4T588   |                             |            |                             |           |                      |        |          | 
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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                          | % of voting       | 
| instrument                 | date xiii         | Conversion                           | voting                             | rights            | 
|                            |                   | Period xiv                           | rights that                        |                   | 
|                            |                   |                                      | may 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                  | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/                        | Number of                  | % of voting                 | 
| financial                | price    | date xvii  | Conversion                       | voting                     | rights xix, xx              | 
| instrument               |          |            | period xviii                     | 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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| 893,125                                                                           | 13.85                                                      | 
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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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| FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect  | 
| subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment       | 
| Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FI GEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited | 
| (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension     | 
| Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments           | 
| International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies | 
| and institutional clients.                                                       | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |          FIL Limited            | 
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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   |        02 September 2009        | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                |                None                 | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          |            Amanda Chana             | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |      [e-mail]       | 
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