7 Jul 2009 14:50
| 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: | Huntsworth plc | ||
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | x | ||
| 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 | |||
| Other (please specify): Decrease in total voting rights issued by the Company | x | ||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | FIL Limited | ||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | See attached schedule | ||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 03 July 2009 | ||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 06 July 2009 | ||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 13% | ||
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| 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 Indirect | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
| 26,502,631 26,502,631 27,442,439 27,442,439 13.02 GB00B0CRWK29 | |||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| 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 | Percentage of voting rights |
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration price | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | Percentage of voting rights |
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 27,442,439 | 13.02 |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| See attached schedule |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | FIL Limited |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire: | 939,808 |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights: | 03 July 2009 |
| 13. Additional information: | Decrease in total voting rights issued by the Company |
| 14 Contact name: | Tymon Broadhead |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | 0207 224 8778 |
FIL
Issuer name: HUNTSWORTH PLC
Current ownership percentage: 13.02%
Total shares held: 27,442,439
Issued share capital: 210,684,636
SHARES HELD NOMINEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
3,094,498 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FII
24,347,941 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.