Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMROK 
 
RNS Number : 4975J 
Rok PLC 
31 March 2010 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer            |       ROK plc        | 
| 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              |                    BlackRock Inc.                      | 
| notification                |                                                        | 
| obligation: iii             |                                                        | 
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| 4. Full name of             |                                                        | 
| shareholder(s)              |                                                        | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv  |                                                        | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction  |                    29th March 2010                     | 
| and date on                 |                                                        | 
| which the threshold is      |                                                        | 
| crossed or                  |                                                        | 
| reached: v                  |                                                        | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer     |                    30th March 2010                     | 
| notified:                   |                                                        | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are |               Holding has gone below 5%                | 
| crossed 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           | % of  voting rights x             | 
|              | of                  | of              | of            | voting              |                                   | 
|              | Shares              | Voting          | shares        | rights              |                                   | 
|              |                     | Rights          |               |                     |                                   | 
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|              |                     |                 | Direct        | Direct  | Indirect  | Direct              | Indirect    | 
|              |                     |                 |               | xi      | xii       |                     |             | 
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|              |                     |                 |               |         |           |                     |             | 
| GB00B1WL0527 | 9,446,648           | 9,446,648       | N/A           | N/A     | 8,318,499 | N/A                 | 4.64%       | 
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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 xiv        | rights that may be              | rights           | 
|                              |             |                              | 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                 | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/          | Number of voting           | % of voting                | 
| financial               | price    | date xvii  | Conversion         | rights instrument          | rights xix, xx             | 
| instrument              |          |            | period xviii       | 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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| 8,318,499                                                       | 4.64%                                                        | 
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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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| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 8,318,499 (4.64%)                 | 
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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             | BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team               | 
| information:               |                                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:          | Stuart Watchorn                                     | 
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| 15. Contact telephone      | 020 7743 5741; [e-mail]        | 
| number:                    |                                                     | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the    | 
| issuer                                                     | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share            | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to      | 
| the notification obligation                                | 
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| Full name                  | BlackRock Inc                 | 
| (including legal form of   |                               | 
| legal entities)            |                               | 
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| Contact address            | 33 King William Street,       | 
| (registered office for     | London EC4R 9AS               | 
| legal entities)            |                               | 
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| Phone number & email       | 020 7743 5741;                | 
|                            | [e-mail] | 
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| Other useful information   | Stuart Watchorn               | 
| (at least legal            |                               | 
| representative for legal   |                               | 
| persons)                   |                               | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                 | 
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| Full name                  |                               | 
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| Contact address            |                               | 
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| Phone number & email       |                               | 
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| Other useful information   |                               | 
| (e.g. functional           |                               | 
| relationship with the      |                               | 
| person or legal entity     |                               | 
| subject to the             |                               | 
| notification obligation)   |                               | 
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| C: Additional information                                  | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the      | 
| FSA website.                                               | 
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