Last checked at 23 Jun 2010 13:56
| For immediate release | 23 June 2010 |
Futura Medical plc
("Futura" or "the Group" or "the Company")
TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
| Futura Medical plc | |||
| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |||
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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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 the notification obligation: | Brookwell Limited | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Nortrust Nominees Limited | |||
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 22 June 2010 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23 June 2010 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 3% | |||
| 8. Notified details:
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the 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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary Shares GB0033278473 | 2,128,835 | 2,128,835 | 1,778,835 | Below 3% |
| Below 3% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| None |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument
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Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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| None |
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| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
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1,778,835
| Below 3% | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |||
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| 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 | ||
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| 13. Additional information: | Progressive AIM Realisation Limited is Investment Manager to Brookwell Limited.
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| 14. Contact name: | Russell Scott | ||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7490 4355 | ||