2 Feb 2015 17:17

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: |   Flybe Group PLC | |||
 2. Reason for the notification | ||||
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |  YES | |||
 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 a similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
 Other (please specify):  | ||||
 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: |  Aberforth Partners LLP | |||
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): |   Shareholder |   Shares | ||
1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pie 24,542,200 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund 3,927,566    All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c  Aberfrth | ||||
  5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): |  29/01/2015 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 30/01/2015 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 13% | |||
8: Notified Details | ||||
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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 | % of voting rights | |
Direct Indirect | Direct Indirect | ||||
Ordinary 28,152,966 28,152,966 28,469,766 Â N/A 28,469,766 Â NIA 13.14 GBOOB4QMVR10 |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments  |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument exercised/converted | % of voting rights | |
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  | |||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration price | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal 1% |
N/A N/A |
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
 28,469,766 |  13.14 |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Â |
Held by Aberforth Partners LLP |
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Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of proxy holder: | N/A | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
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13. Additional information: | |
14. Contact name: | Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP |
15. Contact telephone name: | 0131 220 0733 |
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