Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMUFG TIDMWHI 
 
RNS Number : 0239T 
Ultimate Finance Group PLC 
29 May 2009 
 

Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007 
 
 
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| For filings with the FSA include the    | 
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| For filings with issuer exclude the     | 
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |  ULTIMATE FINANCE GROUP PLC   | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are      |                               | 
| attached:                                          |                               | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in |          | 
| the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are     |          | 
| attached                                                                |          | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        |          | 
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| Other (please specify): Departure of two W H Ireland Group plc          |   Yes    | 
| directors, whose shares no longer constitute part of the W H Ireland    |          | 
| Group plc interest in the voting rights of Ultimate Finance Group plc   |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)     |                WH IRELAND GROUP PLC                | 
| subject to notification       |                                                    | 
| obligation:                   |                                                    | 
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| 4. Full name of               |                FITEL NOMINEES LTD                  | 
| shareholder(s) (if different  |                                                    | 
| from 3):                      |                                                    | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and   |                      19/05/09                      | 
| date on which the threshold   |                                                    | 
| is crossed or reached if      |                                                    | 
| different):                   |                                                    | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer       |                      28/05/09                      | 
| notified:                     |                                                    | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are   |                        28%                         | 
| crossed or 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                          | 
| of shares   | to the triggering      | transaction                                                       | 
| If          | transaction            |                                                                   | 
| possible    |                        |                                                                   | 
| use ISIN    |                        |                                                                   | 
| code        |                        |                                                                   | 
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|             | Number of  | Number    | Number   | Number of voting      | Percentage of voting           | 
|             | shares     | of        | of       | rights                | rights                         | 
|             |            | voting    | shares   |                       |                                | 
|             |            | rights    |          |                       |                                | 
+             +            +           +          +-----------------------+--------------------------------+ 
|             |            |           |          | Direct     | Indirect | Direct              | Indirect | 
+-------------+------------+-----------+----------+------------+----------+---------------------+----------+ 
|  ORD GBP    | 5,220,122  |5,220,122  |5,470122  |  5,470122  |          |      27.4      |               | 
|    0.05     |            |           |          |            |          |                |               | 
|GB003168544  |            |           |          |            |          |                |               | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                          | 
|                                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              | 
|                                                                                   | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that may      | of voting  | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | be acquired (if      | rights     | 
|               |               |               | the instrument       |            | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |            | 
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|               |               |               |                      |            | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
|                                                                             | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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|              5,470,122               |                27.4                  | 
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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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|                                                                             | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
|                                                                             | 
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| 10. Name of 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:          |            TOTAL INCLUDES            | 
|                                      |  4,933,122 held as principal by W H  | 
|                                      |  Ireland Group plc, 185,000by Staff  | 
|                                      |  and Connected parties and 352,000   | 
|                                      |    held by Discretionary clients.    | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     |          ANTHONY E. LAPPIN           | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:          |            0161 819 8881             | 
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