12 Feb 2010 07:00
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group plc | ||
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2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | ||
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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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 notification obligation: | IP Group plc | ||
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | Registered Holders: IP2IPO Limited 28,503,396 IP2IPO Nominees Limited nil | ||
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5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 9 February 2010 | ||
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6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 February 2010 | ||
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 14% reached | ||
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||
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Direct |
Indirect |
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Indirect | ||||||
| 1p Ord | 34,318,532 | 34,318,532 | 28,503,396 | 28,503,396 | 0 | 14.6% | 0 | ||
| B: Financial Instruments
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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| Total (A+B)
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 28,503,396 | 14.6% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| IP2IPO Limited and IP2IPO Nominees Limited are 100% subsidiaries of IP Group plc |
| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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| 13. Additional information:
| Legal title to the 5,815,136 shares previously held by IP2IPO Nominees Limited on behalf of current and former members of IP Group plc staff under a nominee agreement has now been transferred to the beneficial holders of those shares.
IP Group's beneficial interest in 28,503,396 shares of the company is unchanged by the transfer of legal title.
Voting rights have been calculated based on shares in issue of 195,740,641.
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| 14 Contact name:
| Greg Smith |
| 15. Contact telephone name:
| 020 7444 0050 |