Notification of major interests in shares
October 27 2010 - 4:54AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMATD
RNS Number : 0752V
Asterand PLC
27 October 2010
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| For immediate release | 27 October 2010 |
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ASTERAND PLC
TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | Asterand PLC |
| underlying issuer | |
| of existing shares to which voting rights | |
| are | |
| attached: | |
| | |
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| 2. Reason for the notification |
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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 | |
| 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): | | |
| | | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject | Aberforth Partners LLP |
| to the | |
| notification obligation: | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Shareholder | Shares |
| (if different from 3.): | | |
+ +----------------------------------+------------+
| | 1. Aberforth Smaller | 4,128,080 |
| | Companies Trust plc | |
+ +------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| | 2. Aberforth UK Small | 1,363,676 |
| | Companies Fund | |
+ +------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| | All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c |
| | Aberforth |
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| | 22/10/2010 |
| 5. Date of the transaction (and | |
| date on | |
| which the threshold is crossed or | |
| reached if different): | |
| | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 25/10/2010 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | 5% |
| 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 transaction |
| of | to the triggering | |
| shares | transaction | |
| if | | |
| possible | | |
| use | | |
| the ISIN | | |
| CODE | | |
+ +-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights |
| | of | of | of | rights | |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + + +---------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| | | | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+--------------+------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+-----------+--------------------+-------------------------+
| Ordinary | 8,548,676 | 8,548,676 | 5,491,756 | N/A |5,491,756 | N/A | 4.85 |
| GB0009231639 | | | | | | | |
+--------------+------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+-----------+--------------------+-------------------------+
| |
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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 | |
| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | rights that may be | % of voting |
| instrument | date | Conversion Period | acquired if the | rights |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------+
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
+--------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------+
| |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| | | | | | |
| Type of | Exercise price | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting rights |
| financial | | date | Conversion | rights instrument | |
| instrument | | | period | refers to | |
| | | | | | |
+-----------------------+---------------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta |
+ + + + + +------------------------+--------------+
| | | | | | N/A | N/A |
+-----------------------+---------------------+------------+------------+----------------------------------+------------------------+--------------+
| |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| | 4.85 |
| 5,491,756 | |
| | |
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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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| |
| Held by Aberforth Partners LLP |
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| |
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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 | N/A |
| cease | |
| to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A |
| hold | |
| voting rights: | |
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| |
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| 13. Additional information: | |
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| 14. Contact name: | Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0131 220 0733 |
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| | | |
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