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 | No | ||
| 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): Percentage holding changes as a result of Total Voting Rights announced by Company 02 July 2009 | YES | ||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | Aberforth Partners LLP | ||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | Shareholder Shares 1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc 21,427,398 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund 13,107,245 3. The Church Commissioners for England 4,712,690 4. Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust plc 2,921,638 1,2,4 = registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth. 3 = The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd | ||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | N/A | ||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 06/07/2009 | ||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 20% | ||
| 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 | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
| Ordinary 40,862,780 40,862,780 42,168,980 N/A 42,168,980 N/A 20.01 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration price | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | Percentage of voting rights |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 42,168,980 | 20.01 |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| Held by Aberforth Partners LLP |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of 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: | N/A |
| 14 Contact name: | Tymon Broadhead |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | 0207 224 8778 |