16 Dec 2014 14:40
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Flybe Group PLC
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2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
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 | no | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
Other (please specify): |
| no |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc - 24,225,400 Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund - 3,972,700 All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominess Ltd A/c Aberfrth |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 12/12/2014 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12/12/2014 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 13% |
8: Notified Details | ||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB00B4QMVR10 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
26,902,606 | 26,902,606 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
28,198,100 | n/a | 28,198,100 | n/a | 13.02 |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
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 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta |
N/A | N/A | |||||
Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
28,198,100 | 13.02 |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Aberforth Partners LLP |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the 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 |
13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
| Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 0131 220 0733 |