Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSOR 
 
RNS Number : 7137W 
Supporta PLC 
31 July 2009 
 

 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           |         SUPPORTA 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)        |              HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED               | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |              DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS                | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                   28 JULY 2009                    | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                   29 JULY 2009                    | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                    11% & 10%                      | 
| 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 of | Situation previous                     | Resulting situation after the triggering                                      | 
| shares        | to the triggering                      | transaction                                                                   | 
| if possible   | transaction                            |                                                                               | 
| using         |                                        |                                                                               | 
| the ISIN CODE |                                        |                                                                               | 
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|               | Number            | Number             | Number                       | Number of                  | % of              | 
|               | of                | of                 | of shares                    | voting                     | voting            | 
|               | Shares            | Voting             |                              | rights                     | rights x          | 
|               |                   | Rights             |                              |                            |                   | 
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|               |                   |                    | Direct          | Indirect   | Direct  | Indirect         | Direct | Indirect | 
|               |                   |                    |                 |            | xi      | xii              |        |          | 
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| GB0032703059  | 9,541,838         | 9,541,838          |                 | 6,041,838  |         | 6,041,838        |        | 6.9883%  | 
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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                    | % of voting       | 
| instrument               | date xiii                 | Conversion                   | voting                       | rights            | 
|                          |                           | Period xiv                   | rights that                  |                   | 
|                          |                           |                              | may 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                | Exercise          | Expiration         | Exercise/       | Number of             | % of voting rights         | 
| financial              | price             | date xvii          | Conversion      | voting rights         | xix, xx                    | 
| instrument             |                   |                    | period          | instrument            |                            | 
|                        |                   |                    | 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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| 6,041,838                                                                | 6.9883%                                                     | 
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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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| 5,991,838 of these shares are for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund       | 
| Managers Ltd for who Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the portfolio of investments on  | 
| a discretionary basis.The remaining balance is held on behalf of other           | 
| discretionary clients.                                                           | 
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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 information:                |                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | David Clueit                        | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 01253 754739                        | 
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