Holding(s) in Company (5226V)

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RNS Number : 5226V

Optare PLC

13 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 
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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): Update to Total Voting Rights figure                    X 
  triggered this notification 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject              Prudential plc group of companies 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                       See attached schedule 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                     11 January 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                       12 January 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                        15% - 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 
-------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------------  ----------------------------  --------------------- 
                                                        Direct           Direct (xi)     Indirect      Direct     Indirect 
                                                                                          (xii) 
-------------  ---  ---  ------    ------  -----  ---  ---------------  --------------  ------------  ---------  ---------- 
 GB000B2PGSY6     112,821,824         112,821,824        112,821,824      112,821,824                   5.04% 
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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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 112,821,824                                                        5.04% 
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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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  Prudential plc (parent Company) 
  M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) 
  M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) 
  M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) 
  M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                    N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                     N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                          James Todd / Mark Thomas 
                                             M&G Investment Management Limited 
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 15. Contact telephone number:              020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266 
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