Holding(s) in Company (3231N)
August 31 2011 - 6:06AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMOPE TIDMPRU
RNS Number : 3231N
Optare PLC
31 August 2011
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the Optare 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 Due to In-specie transfer between funds X
specify): In
specie fund
transfer
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3. Full name of person(s) subject Prudential plc group of companies
to the
notification obligation: (iii)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) See attached schedule
(if different from 3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction and date 25 August 2011
on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: (v)
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 30 August 2011
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed See item 13
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 shares if
possible Situation previous
using the to the triggering Resulting situation after the triggering
ISIN CODE transaction transaction
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Number
Number of
of Voting Number Number of voting % of voting
Shares Rights of shares rights rights (x)
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Indirect
Direct Direct (xi) (xii) Direct Indirect
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GB000B2PGSY6 112,821,824 112,821,824 112,821,824 112,821,824 15.00%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number of voting
rights that may
be
Exercise/ acquired if the
Type of financial Expiration Conversion Period instrument is % of voting
instrument date (xiii) (xiv) exercised/ converted. rights
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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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Exercise/
Conversion Number of voting
Type of financial Exercise Expiration period rights instrument % of voting rights
instrument price date (xvii) (xviii) refers to (xix, xx)
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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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112,821,824 15.00%
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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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Prudential plc (parent Company)
M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)
M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)
M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)
M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)
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
cease
to hold: N/A
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
hold
voting rights: N/A
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As a result of the transfer we can
conclude the following: M&G Securities
Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G
Limited) has moved above a 15%
notifiable interest and the non-exempt
holdings for prudential plc no longer
have a notifiable interest - now below
13. Additional information: 3%.
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James Todd / Mark Thomas
14. Contact name: M&G Investment Management Limited
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15. Contact telephone number: 020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266
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