Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMOPD 
 
RNS Number : 9855U 
OPD Group PLC 
02 July 2009 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |   OPD Group 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 rights                           |  x     | 
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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 to      |  Peter John Hearn                 | 
| the notification obligation:              |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |  Offerco Limited                  | 
| different from 3.):                       |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date       |  26 June 2009                     | 
| on which the threshold is crossed         |                                   | 
| or reached:                               |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         |  1 July 2009                      | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed       |  26% to below 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  | Situation previous          | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction       | 
| shares         | to the triggering           |                                                            | 
| if possible    | transaction                 |                                                            | 
| using          |                             |                                                            | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                             |                                                            | 
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|                | Number         | Number     | Number         | Number of voting    | % of voting rights  | 
|                | of             | of         | of             | rights              |                     | 
|                | Shares         | Voting     | shares         |                     |                     | 
|                |                | Rights     |                |                     |                     | 
+                +                +            +----------------+---------------------+---------------------+ 
|                |                |            | Direct         | Direct   | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect | 
+----------------+----------------+------------+----------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|  GB0007053944  |  6,982,250     |  6,982,250 |  0             |  0       |  0       |  0       |  0       | 
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|                |                |            |                |          |          |          |          | 
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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       | Conversion         | rights that may be  | rights         | 
|                     |            | Period             | 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 voting             | 
| financial     |          |            | Conversion | voting         | rights                  | 
| instrument    | price    | date       |            | rights         |                         | 
|               |          |            | period     | 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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|  0                                        |  0                                | 
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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:               |                                   | 
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| 14. Contact name:                         | Andrew Bell                       | 
|                                           | Offerco Limited                   | 
|                                           | Beaufort House                    | 
|                                           | 15 St Botolph Street              | 
|                                           | London EC3A 7NJ                   | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:             |  020 7643 8040                    | 
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