Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMNTX 
 
RNS Number : 2076G 
NXT PLC 
27 January 2010 
 
 
 
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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     |          NXT plc          | 
| 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                              |  Yes    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |   No    | 
| 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   |   No    | 
| 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 to |        Gartmore Investment Limited          | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii         |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       | Nortrust Nominees Limited / Strathclyde     | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv           | pension fund (532,562 shares; 0.352% of     | 
|                                      | issued share capital)                       | 
|                                      | Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc           | 
|                                      | (3,135,775 shares; 2.075% of issued share   | 
|                                      | capital)                                    | 
|                                      | BNY GIL CLT Account Nominees / Gartmore     | 
|                                      | Fledgling Trust Plc                         | 
|                                      | (11,570,711 shares; 7.656% of issued share  | 
|                                      | capital)                                    | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |              25th January 2010              | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached: v                           |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |              26th January 2010              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |                    10%                      | 
| 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 triggering                                          | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transaction                                                                       | 
| if possible    | transaction                                 |                                                                                   | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                                   | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                                   | 
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|                | Number               | Number               | Number            | Number                   | % of voting rights x               | 
|                | of                   | of                   | of                | of                       |                                    | 
|                | Shares               | Voting               | shares            | voting                   |                                    | 
|                |                      | Rights               |                   | rights                   |                                    | 
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|                |                      |                      | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
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|                | 7,625,000            | 7,625,000            | 15,239,048        |           | 15,239,048   |                        | 10.083%   | 
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| GB00004397567  |                      |                      |                   |           |              |                        |           | 
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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 voting                      | % of voting  | 
| instrument                   | date xiii               | Conversion                       | rights that may                       | rights       | 
|                              |                         | Period 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                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii         | Conversion           | rights instrument             | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                   | period xviii         | 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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| 15,239,048                                                                    | 10.083%                                                          | 
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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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| 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        | 
|                                            | Company's issued share capital of   | 
|                                            | 151,138,594 as provided by Exshare  | 
|                                            | Email 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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