Holding(s) in Company (2500V)

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RNS Number : 2500V

Optare PLC

09 January 2012

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                    OPTARE PLC 
  issuer 
  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                                      u 
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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: 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                     HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                         DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                       06 JANUARY 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                         09 JANUARY 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                             5% 
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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     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 
                 of                 of                  of shares                   rights                  rights (x) 
                 Shares             Voting 
                                    Rights 
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                                                       Direct     Indirect         Direct   Indirect       Direct   Indirect 
                                                                                    (xi)     (xii) 
-------------  ----  -----  ----  ---  -----  ------  ---------  ---------------  -------  -------------  -------  ---------- 
 GB00B2PGSY66   39,503,718         39,503,718                     36,040,312                36,040,312              4.7917 
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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 Period               rights that may             rights 
                                                (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 rights 
  instrument           price             date (xvii)      Conversion      rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
                                                          period          refers to 
                                                          (xviii) 
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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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  36,040,312                                                             4.7917% 
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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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 32,889,305 of these shares are held in unit trusts operated by Marlborough 
  Fund Managers Ltd for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the portfolio of 
  investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining shares are held on 
  behalf of other discretionary clients. 
 
 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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                                           The figures above are based on the 
  13. Additional information:               shares in issue (752,145,493) on 06/01/2012, 
                                            prior to the sub-division and placing 
                                            of shares by Optare Plc on 09/01/2012. 
                                            Following the sub-division and placing, 
                                            the shares in issue figure has increased 
                                            to 2,235,291,827 thereby reducing 
                                            the discretionary holding of Optare 
                                            Plc shares to 1.6123% of the total 
                                            shares in issue. 
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 14. Contact name:                         David Clueit 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             01253 754739 
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