Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSOR 
 
RNS Number : 8170G 
Supporta PLC 
08 February 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN                                         | 
| SHARESi                                                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |                        SUPPORTA PLC | 
| underlying 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                            |        | 
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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):                               Acceptance of    |   ü    | 
| offer from Mears Group Plc                                             |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  |          HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED            | 
| 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     |              18 JANUARY 2010               | 
| date on                            |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or  |                                            | 
| reached: v                         |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  |              04 FEBRUARY 2010              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        |                    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 transaction             | 
| of           | to the triggering                    |                                                                  | 
| shares       | transaction                          |                                                                  | 
| if           |                                      |                                                                  | 
| possible     |                                      |                                                                  | 
| 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 | 5,610,000            | 5,610,000     |            | 0        |        | 0          |        | 0%        | 
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|              |                      |               |            |          |        |            |        |           | 
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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      | rights that may be       | rights             | 
|                               |               | xiv                    | 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 rights        | 
| financial              | price         | date xvii  | Conversion | rights instrument       | xix, xx                   | 
| instrument             |               |            | period     | refers to               |                           | 
|                        |               |            | xviii      |                         |                           | 
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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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| 0                                                                | 0%                                                  | 
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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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| 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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