Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMROK TIDMLLOY 
 
RNS Number : 9416L 
Rok PLC 
20 January 2009 
 

 
TR-1:notification of major interests in shares 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |              ROK plc              | 
| 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                |                       | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which  |                       | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to  |                       | 
| which voting rights are attached                           |                       | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights           |                       | 
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| Other (please specify): Disclosure of holdings following   |          x            | 
| the acquisition, by Lloyds Banking Group plc, of HBOS      |                       | 
| plc. This notification supersedes any notifications        |                       | 
| previously issued by Lloyds TSB Group plc and/or HBOS plc. |                       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the       |     Lloyds Banking Group plc      | 
| notification obligation:                       |                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different   |          See Section 9.           | 
| from 3.):                                      |                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  |          16 January 2009          | 
| the threshold is crossed or reached if         |                                   | 
| different):                                    |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:              |          19 January 2009          | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         |        Direct/Indirect 12%        | 
| reached:                                       |                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                           |                       | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                  | 
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| Class/type    | Situation previous        | Resulting situation after the triggering                 | 
| of shares     | to the Triggering         | transaction                                              | 
| if            | transaction               |                                                          | 
| possible      |                           |                                                          | 
| using the     |                           |                                                          | 
| ISIN CODE     |                           |                                                          | 
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|               | Number of   | Number      | Number     | Number of voting       | % of voting        | 
|               | Shares      | of          | of         | rights ix              | rights             | 
|               |             | Voting      | shares     |                        |                    | 
|               |             | Rights      |            |                        |                    | 
|               |             | viii        |            |                        |                    | 
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|               |             |             | Direct     | Direct   | Indirect    | Direct  | Indirect | 
|               |             |             |            | x        | xi          |         |          | 
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|  Ord 2p       |  21,110,248 |  21,110,248 |  276,462   |  276,462 |  21,684,143 |  0.154% |  12.093% | 
|  Shares       |             |             |            |          |             |         |          | 
|  GB00B1WL0527 |             |             |            |          |             |         |          | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii                          | 
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| Type of        | Expiration | Exercise/         | Number of voting   | % of       | 
| financial      | date xiii  | Conversion        | rights that may be | voting     | 
| instrument     |            | Period/ Date xiv  | acquired if the    | rights     | 
|                |            |                   | instrument is      |            | 
|                |            |                   | exercised/         |            | 
|                |            |                   | converted.         |            | 
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| N/A            |            |                   |                    |            | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                   | 
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| Number of voting rights              | % of voting rights                     | 
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|              21,960,605              |                12.248                  | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:           | 
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| 20,792,700 Shares (11.596%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares   | 
| are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a      | 
| wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned        | 
| subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds      | 
| Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).                                     | 
|                                                                             | 
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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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| 13. Additional information:     |Notification using the total voting rights  | 
|                                 |                 figure of                  | 
|                                 |                179,303,672                 | 
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| 14. Contact name:               |   Kenny Melville                           | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:   |   0131 243 8671                            | 
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