28 Mar 2012 16:36
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Consort Medical plc |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ||
 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||
 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||
 Other (please specify): |  On market transfer between indirect and direct funds | X |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Â | Â Aviva plc and its subsidiaries |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):  |  Registered Holder:  BNY (Nominees) Limited 18,814* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 155,471* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 908,866* Chase Nominees Limited 67,583* Vidacos Nominees Limited 15,585* * denotes direct interest  |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 27 March 2012 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: Â | 28 March 2012 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Â | 3% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level |
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8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares  | |||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
   GB0000946276 |  1,435,184 |  1,435,184 |  1,166,319 |  1,166,319 |  Not Disclosable | 4.03% |   Not Disclosable  |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. Â | % of votingrights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights  | |
Nominal | Delta  | |||||
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Total (A+B+C) Â | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
 1,166,319 |  4.03% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
 The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited with the following chain of controlled undertakings:  Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·; Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·; Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·; Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Plc) ·; Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)  |
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Proxy Voting: Â | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: Â | Â See Section 4 |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Â | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: Â | |
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13. Additional information: Â | Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 28,959,720 as per TVR announcement on 1 March 2012 |
14. Contact name: Â | John Slater Company Secretary |
15. Contact telephone number: Â | 01442 867920 |
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