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RNS Number : 6295P

Optare PLC

05 October 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 specify):        Change of custodian                       X 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject             M&G Investment Funds 3 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)          State Street Nominees Ltd A/C GM1Q 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date               03 October 2011 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                 04 October 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 rights 
                 Shares            Rights                 of shares       rights                     (x) 
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                                                                                         Indirect 
                                                         Direct          Direct (xi)      (xii)     Direct      Indirect 
-------------  ---  ---  ------    ------  -----  ----  --------------  --------------  ---------  ----------  ------------ 
 GB00B2PGSY66     112,821,824         112,821,824         112,821,824     112,821,824       0        15.00%         0% 
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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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 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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                                      Disclosure due to change in registration 
                                       details as listed above in item 4. 
                                       However, this has not changed our 
 13. Additional information:           overall notifiable position. 
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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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