Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSIAG 
 
RNS Number : 3933I 
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A 
10 March 2010 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |  Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A   | 
| underlying issuer                          |              Limited                | 
| 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                             |        | 
|                                                                         | Yes    | 
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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  | No     | 
| rights are attached                                                     |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect  |        | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                     | No     | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        |        | 
|                                                                         | No     | 
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| Other (please  |                                                        |        | 
| specify):      |                                                        |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |                                            | 
| to the                              | AEGON UK Group of Companies                | 
| notification obligation:            |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                            | 
|  (if different from 3.):            |                                            | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                            | 
| on                                  | 09th March 2010                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                            | 
|                                     | 10th March 2010                            | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                            | 
| or                                  | 11%                                        | 
| 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 transaction                                               | 
| of           | to the triggering                             |                                                                                                    | 
| shares       | transaction                                   |                                                                                                    | 
| if possible  |                                               |                                                                                                    | 
| using        |                                               |                                                                                                    | 
| the ISIN     |                                               |                                                                                                    | 
| CODE         |                                               |                                                                                                    | 
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|              | Number                      | Number          | Number                 | Number of              | % of  voting rights                              | 
|              | of                          | of              | of shares              | voting                 |                                                  | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting          |                        | rights                 |                                                  | 
|              |                             | Rights          |                        |                        |                                                  | 
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|              |                             |                 | Direct                 | Direct     | Indirect  | Direct                           | Indirect      | 
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| GG00B5M8LC56 | 0                           | 0               | 11,127,500             | 11,127,500 | 1,348,500 | 10.60                            | 1.28          | 
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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            | Conversion Period                    | rights that may be                            | rights             | 
|                                     |                 |                                      | acquired if the                               |                    | 
|                                     |                 |                                      | instrument is                                 |                    | 
|                                     |                 |                                      | exercised/                                    |                    | 
|                                     |                 |                                      | converted.                                    |                    | 
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|                                     |                 |                                      |                                               |                    | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                         | 
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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         | Conversion                | rights instrument              |                                          | 
|                                |           |              | period                    | refers to                      |                                          | 
|                                |           |              |                           |                                |                                          | 
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| Contract for                   | n/a       | n/a          | n/a                       | 24,000                         | Nominal                     | Delta      | 
| Difference                     |           |              |                           |                                |                             |            | 
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|                                |           |              |                           |                                | 0.02%                       | 1          | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                     | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                             | Percentage of voting rights                                                 | 
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| 12,500,000                                                                          | 11.90%                                                                      | 
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|              |                 |    |      |          |   |  |                      | |      |     |           |       |                     |    |  |            | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the  | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                      | 
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|                                                                                 | 
| AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of:                            | 
| AEGON Asset Management UK plc                                                   | 
| AEGON Investment Management UK ltd.                                             | 
| AEGON ICVC                                                                      | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    | AEGON UK Group of Companies  | 
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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 information:          | AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: | 
|                                      | AEGON Asset Management UK plc            | 
|                                      | AEGON Investment Management UK ltd       | 
|                                      | AEGON ICVC                               | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    | Miranda Beacham                          | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 0131 549 3460                            | 
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