Holding(s) in Company
June 17 2009 - 4:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMTHT
RNS Number : 0287U
Thorntons PLC
17 June 2009
TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
THORNTONS PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( Yes )
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )
Other (please specify) :
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Oppenheimer Funds Inc (OFI) and Baring Asset Management (BAM).
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):
11 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:
16 June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
10%
8. Notified details:
.................
A: Voting rights attached to shares
+------------+-----------+-----------+
| Class/type | Situation |
| of shares | previous to the |
| if | Triggering |
| possible | transaction |
| using the | (vi) |
| ISIN CODE | |
+------------+-----------------------+
| | Number | Number |
| | of | of |
| | shares | voting |
| | | Rights |
| | | (viii) |
| | | |
+------------+-----------+-----------+
| Ordinary | 6,874,640 | 6,874,640 |
| 10p | | |
| shares | | |
+------------+-----------+-----------+
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
+---------------------+------------------+-----------+----------------+---------+----------+
| Class/type of | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
| shares if possible | | (ix) | |
| using the ISIN CODE | | | |
+---------------------+------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+
| | Direct | Direct | Indirect (xi) | Direct | Indirect |
| | | (x) | | | |
| | | | | | |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------+----------------+---------+----------+
| Ordinary 10p shares | 6,974,640 | | 6,974,640 | | 10.2% |
| | | | | | |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------+----------------+---------+----------+
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
+------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| Type of | Expiration Date | Exercise/Conversion | Number of voting | % of voting |
| financial | (xiii) | Period/ Date (xiv) | rights that may be | rights |
| instrument | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
| | | | | |
+------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| | | | | |
+------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------+
Total (A+B)
+-----------+--------+
| Number | % of |
| of | voting |
| voting | rights |
| rights | |
| | |
+-----------+--------+
| 6,974,640 | 10.2% |
+-----------+--------+
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
OFI owns 6,874,640 shares
BAM owns 100,000 shares
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
.................
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
.................
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
.................
13. Additional information:
.................
14. Contact name:
Mark R. Henson - Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: 01773 542384
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