Holding(s) in Company
September 30 2009 - 10:05AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSDL
RNS Number : 9748Z
SDL PLC
30 September 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | SDL PLC |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to | |
| which voting rights are attached: | |
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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 | X |
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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 to | |
| the notification obligation: | BT Pension Scheme Trustees |
| | Limited as trustee of the BT |
| | Pension Scheme. See Section 9 for |
| | further information |
| | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | N/A |
| different from 3.): | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 25 September 2009 |
| on which the threshold is crossed | |
| or reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 28 September 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 3% |
| 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 of | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| shares | to the triggering | |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights |
| | of | of | of | rights | |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + +----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+----------------+----------------+------------+----------------+----------+------------+----------+----------+
| 0937636 | 2,208,681 | 2,208,681 | 0 | 0 | 2,358,681 | 0.00% | 3.087% |
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| GB0009376368 | | | | | | | |
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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 | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| financial | | | Conversion | voting | rights |
| instrument | price | date | | rights | |
| | | | period | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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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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| 2,358,681 | 3.087% |
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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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| BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Trustees |
| Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers Limited. Hermes Fund |
| Managers Limited is the parent undertaking of; |
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| 1. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: |
| 1.126%) |
| 2. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: |
| 1.960%) |
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| Please see Section 13 for further information |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | See Comments in Section 13. |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder | See Comments in Section 13. |
| will cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease | See Comments in Section 13. |
| to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | |
| | Hermes Equity Ownership Services |
| | Limited hold the voting rights |
| | under a standing proxy contained |
| | in services agreements for the |
| | provision of corporate governance |
| | services to various underlying |
| | clients. |
| | |
| | Hermes Investment Management |
| | Limited hold the voting rights |
| | under a standing proxy contained |
| | in investment management |
| | agreements with various |
| | unsettling clients, which |
| | includes all the shares owned |
| | directly by BT Pension Scheme. |
| | |
| | All voting rights held on behalf |
| | of the above entities are |
| | aggregated for the purposes of |
| | DTR 5.2.1(a). The aggregation is |
| | made at the lower threshold of 3% |
| | and above because Hermes Equity |
| | Ownership Services Limited does |
| | not manage investments for to |
| | purposes of the investment |
| | manager exemption contained in |
| | DTR 5.1.5. |
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| | This disclosure is made by BT |
| | Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, |
| | which is the ultimate parent |
| | undertaking for the purposes of |
| | DTR 5.2.1(e) |
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| 14. Contact name: | Valerie Davidson / Margaret Moss |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7680 2177 / 020 7680 2125 |
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