Holding(s) in Company (4680A)

TIDMNEO

RNS Number : 4680A

Neovia Financial PLC

01 February 2011

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the                 Neovia Financial 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                        X 
 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 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject       BlackRock UK Smaller Companies Fund 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date               21 January 2011 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                 24 January 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed          Holding has gone above 3% 
  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 shares if 
 possible       Situation previous 
 using the       to the triggering                Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE       transaction                       transaction 
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                                 Number 
                Number            of 
                of                Voting          Number         Number of voting 
                Shares            Rights           of shares      rights                  % of voting rights 
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                                                  Direct         Direct        Indirect   Direct        Indirect 
-------------      -----------    -----------    -------------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ----------- 
 GB0034264548   N/A              N/A              3,658,086      3,658,086                3.05% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                   Number of voting 
                                                                    rights that may 
                                                                    be 
 Type of                                                            acquired if the 
 financial          Expiration     Exercise/                        instrument is             % of voting 
 instrument          date           Conversion Period               exercised/ converted.      rights 
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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/        Number of voting 
 financial        Exercise       Expiration     Conversion        rights instrument 
 instrument        price         date           period            refers to                 % of voting rights 
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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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 3,658,086                                          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: 
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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:            BlackRock International Threshold 
                                         Reporting Team 
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 14. Contact name:                      Andrew Manchester 
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 15. Contact telephone number:          020 7743 5773; 
                                        [e-mail] 
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