Sofia Property Fund Limited Notification of Major Interest in Shares (8161L)

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RNS Number : 8161L

Sofia Property Fund Limited

07 September 2012

TR-1 : NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 
 
 
 
                 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                        SOFIA PROPERTY FUND 
  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                                                  P 
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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                              RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                           Rathbone Investment Management Ltd 
                                                   Rathbone Investment Management International 
                                                                       Ltd 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                          4(th) September 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                            7(th) September 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                   15% 
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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          rights                   (x) 
                 Shares            Voting               shares 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  --------------------  ---------  -----------------------  ----------------------------- 
                                                        Direct     Direct      Indirect     Direct         Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
-------------    -----  -------  ------  ------  ----  ---------  ----------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
     NPV 
     Ordinary   9,976,910         9,976,910                                    10,069,910                  15.01% 
               ----------------  --------------------  -------    ---         -----------                 -------------- 
 GB00B0BV8078                                           N/A        N/A                      N/A 
-------------    -----  -------  ------  ------  ----  ---------  ----------  -----------  -------------     ----------- 
 
 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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   N/A                     N/A              N/A                           N/A                          N/A 
----------------------  ---------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 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 rights 
 financial         price           date (xvii)     Conversion       rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                        period           refers to 
                                                   (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
-------------    -----           ------          ----             ---                          ------------  ----------- 
 N/A              N/A             N/A             N/A              N/A 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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 10,069,910                                                      15.01% 
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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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   RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC* 
   Rathbone Investment Management Limited 10.67225% 
   Rathbone Investment Management International Limited 4.2021% 
 
   * Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following. 
 
 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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                                           Total Share in issue used as Denominator 
  13. Additional information:               is 67,074,515 
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 14. Contact name:                                   COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                           020 7399 0000 
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