James Fisher and Sons Regulatory News (FSJ)

20 Feb 2007 13:08

Fisher (James) & Sons PLC20 February 2007 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Fisher (James) & Sons Plcshares to which voting rights are attached(ii): 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): n/a see additional information An acquisition or disposal of voting rights An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)obligation(iii): 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(iv): Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is n/acrossed or reached(v): 6. Date on which issuer notified: 19/02/07 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 3% (L&G) 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii)shares the Triggering transaction (vi) if possible Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rightsusing the ISIN Shares Voting shares ixCODE Rights viii Direct Direct x Indirect xi Direct Indirect Ord GBP 1,490,000 3.06% 1,769,765 1,769,765 3.56% 0.25 (under S-198 on 06/01/2003) B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of votinginstrument xiii Period/ Date xiv that may be acquired if rights the instrument is exercised/ converted. Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 1,769,765 3.56% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectivelyheld, if applicable xv: Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Directand Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (1,769,765-3.56% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)(Direct) (LGIMHD) (1,511,549-3.04% = PMC) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)(1,511,549-3.04% = PMC) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 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: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 49,607,951 First notification under DTR Sourcebook 14. Contact name: Helen Lewis 15. Contact telephone number: 020 7528 6742 Notes to the Forms -------------------------- (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer andto be filed with the competent authority. (ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another methodfor identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable andaccurate. (iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) thenatural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising votingrights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties tothe agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the holder of financialinstruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights areattached, as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h) , thefollowing list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the naturalperson or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled toexercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who istransferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the naturalperson or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entitycontrols the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, andnatural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the natural personor legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity isentitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the naturalperson or legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the lifeinterest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the controllingnatural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at anindividual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combinationof any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit takerof the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the sharesdeposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowingthe deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the naturalperson or legal entity that controls the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder,if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder whohas given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise thevoting rights at his discretion. (iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h).This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to thenatural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 unless the holdings of theshareholder would be lower than 5% of the total number of voting rights. (v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case ofan on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; inthe case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which theacquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect. Forpassive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. (vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previousnotification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction wasbelow 5%, please state 'below 5%'. vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying partyshould not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the newholding is less than 5%. For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure ofindividual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individuallycrosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. viii Direct and indirect ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rightsattached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please splitthe voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-ifthere is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. X Voting rights to shares held by notifying party (DTR 5.1) xi Voting rights held by the notifying party independentlyof any holding of shares (DTR 5.2.1) xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, thenotifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,only that the new holding is below 5%. xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e.the date when the right to acquire shares ends. xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-pleasespecify the period- for example once every three months starting form the (date) xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlledundertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification shouldalso include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by eachcontrolled undertaking, [DEL:i:DEL]nsofar as individually the controlledundertaking holds 5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parentundertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlledundertaking. xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of theshareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 andDTR5.3. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange