1 Mar 2010 14:31
For immediate release | 01 March 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 | |||
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 | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 28 February 2010 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 1 March 2010 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 4% | |||
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 | 2,733,835 | 2,733,835 | 2,683,835 | 3.98% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
2,683,835
| 3.98% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi | |||
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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 | ||