Holding(s) in Company (5405Y)

TIDMOPE

RNS Number : 5405Y

Optare PLC

01 March 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                                    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 the                                             M&G Investment Funds 3 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                  State Street Nominees Ltd A/C GM1Q 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                   28 February 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                     29 February 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                       Below 5% 
  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      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                   (x) 
                  Shares            Voting 
                                    Rights 
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                                                       Direct          Direct        Indirect   Direct      Indirect 
                                                                        (xi)          (xii) 
--------------  ---  ---  ------  ------  -----  ---  --------------  ------------  ---------  ----------  ----------- 
                                                                                                  Below 
 GB00B2PGSY66      112,821,824        112,821,824        Below 5%       Below 5%                    5% 
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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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 Below 5%                                                          Below 5% 
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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:                                         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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                                           With reference to item 3, M&G Investments 
  13. Additional information:               Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment 
                                            Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential 
                                            group company and must be separately 
                                            disclosed. 
                                            This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment 
                                            Management Limited (a wholly owned 
                                            subsidiary of Prudential plc) and 
                                            will have been previously attributed 
                                            to Prudential plc solely on the basis 
                                            that M&G Investment Management Ltd 
                                            has direct fund management control 
                                            over the shares identified in this 
                                            notification. 
 
                                            Therefore the Below 5% holding being 
                                            disclosed in this notification is 
                                            encompassed in the Below 5% already 
                                            disclosed under The Prudential plc 
                                            group of companies and is NOT in addition 
                                            to it. 
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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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