Notification of Major Interests in Shares
July 09 2009 - 11:13AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMFFG
RNS Number : 4328V
Freedom4 Group PLC
09 July 2009
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| TR-1:- NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | Freedom4 Group 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 | Yes |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may | No |
| 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 | No |
| qualifying financial instruments | |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No |
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| Other (please | | No |
| specify): | | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) | Gartmore Investment Limited |
| subject to the | |
| notification obligation: iii | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | See section 9 |
| (if different from 3.):iv | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and | 6th July 2009 |
| date on | |
| which the threshold is crossed | |
| or | |
| reached: v | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer | 7th July 2009 |
| notified: | |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | 27% |
| 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 voting rights |
| | of | of | of | of | x |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | voting | |
| | | Rights | | rights | |
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| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
| | | | | xi | xii | | |
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| GB0005846018 | 272,194,968 | 272,194,968 | 282,195,184 | | 282,195,184 | | 27.269% |
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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 |
| instrument | date xiii | | rights that may be | voting |
| | | Conversion | acquired if the | rights |
| | | Period xiv | 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 date | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting |
| financial | price | xvii | Conversion | rights instrument | rights xix, |
| instrument | | | period | refers to | xx |
| | | | xviii | | |
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| CFD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,305,601 | Nominal | Delta |
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| | | | | | 0.126% | |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 283,500,785 | 27.395% |
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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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| Equities |
| Fund Managing Number of % of Issued UK Registered Beneficial |
| Co Shares Held Capital Owner Owner |
| Gartmore Fund 51,425,439 4.969% HSBC Global Gartmore Fund |
| Managers Custody Managers Ltd |
| Limited Nominee UK A/C |
| Limited Gartmore UK & |
| Irish Smaller |
| Companies |
| Gartmore 13,127,810 1.269% Gartmore Gartmore |
| Investment Growth Growth |
| Limited Opportunities Opportunities |
| plc |
| Gartmore 169,072,938 16.338% Vidacos The Alphagen |
| Investment Nominees Ltd Volantis Fund |
| Limited A/C 2303 Limited |
| VOLANT |
| Gartmore 48,568,997 4.693% Nortrust Strathclyde |
| Investment Nominees Pension Fund |
| Limited Limited 54550 |
| Fund Managing Number of % of Issued UK Registered Beneficial |
| Co Shares Held Capital Owner Owner |
| Gartmore 1,305,601 0.126% Vidacos The Alphagen |
| Investment Nominees Ltd Volantis Fund |
| Limited A/c 2303 Limited |
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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: | Stewart Porter |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0870 386 0403 |
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer |
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share |
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation |
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| Full name | |
| (including legal form of legal entities) | |
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| Contact address | |
| (registered office for legal entities) | |
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| Phone number & email | |
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| Other useful information | |
| (at least legal representative for legal | |
| persons) | |
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable |
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| Full name | Gartmore Investment Limited |
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| Contact address | Gartmore House, 8 Fenchurch Place, |
| | London EC3M 4PB |
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| Phone number & email | 020 7782 2324 |
| | RDU@Gartmore.com |
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| Other useful information | Asset Manager |
| (e.g. functional relationship with the | |
| person or legal entity subject to the | |
| notification obligation) | |
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| C: Additional information |
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. |
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