Last checked at 1 Sep 2011 15:52
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | Merchant Securities Group plc | |||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
Other (please specify): | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | Dom Maklerski IDM Spolka Akcyjna ("IDMSA") | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Pershing Nominees Limited | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 26 August 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 30 August 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed: | 15.00% | |||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
GB000B1FRQG0 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | Nil | 5.84% | Nil | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights
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NIL | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
3,000,000 | 5.84% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||
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Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | ||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | ||
13. Additional information:
Email : paul.chapman@merchantsecurities.co.uk
| All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 51,347,872
E mail contact - l.jagiello@idmsa.pl
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14. Contact name: |
Lucasz Jagiello | |
15. Contact telephone number: |
+48 22 489 94 65 | |