Optimal Payments PLC Holding(s) in Company (7699X)

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RNS Number : 7699X

Optimal Payments PLC

01 September 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying               Optimal Payments Plc 
  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 rights                                    Yes 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments                 No 
  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                No 
  effect to 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) subject             Kames Capital Plc 
  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           28/08/2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:             01/09/2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                                     3% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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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 rights 
                 of               of                  of shares      rights 
                 Shares           Voting 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ------------------  -------------  ---------------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                     Direct         Direct           Indirect    Direct        Indirect 
-------------    -----  ------  ------  -----  ---  -------------  ---------------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 GB0034264548     14,041,212        14,041,212        11,067,594      11,067,594     3,669,284      2.33%         0.77% 
               ---------------  ------------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 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            Conversion Period                  rights that may              rights 
                                                                             be 
                                                                             acquired if the 
                                                                             instrument is 
                                                                             exercised/ converted. 
----------------------  --------------  ---------------------------------  ---------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 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 voting               % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date           Conversion          rights instrument 
 instrument                                      period              refers to 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ------------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                                                                   Nominal        Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ------------------  -----------------------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                          Percentage of voting rights 
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 14,736,878                                                       3.10% 
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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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   Kames Capital:- 
   Kames Capital Plc 
 
   Kames Capital ICVC 
   Kames Capital VCIC 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                        Kames Capital Plc 
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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: 
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 14. Contact name:                         Trade Operations Manager 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             0131 549 2206 
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