3 Sep 2008 10:40
RNS Number : 6347C
Melrose Resources PLC
03 September 2008
| For Immediate Release | 3 September 2008 |
Melrose Resources plc
| 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:
Melrose Resources plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
n/a
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
01/09/08
6. Date on which issuer notified:
02/09/08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
| 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 | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| 0935458 | 5,487,325 | 5,487,325 | 262,740 | 262,740 | 5,253,529 | 0.24 | 4.77 |
| Total (A+B) |
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
| 5,516,269 | 5.01 |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable
| Name of Company/Fund | Number of Shares | % of issued share capital |
| AXA (DIRECT) | 113,225 | 0.10289 |
| AXA Framlington (INDIRECT) | 4,911,432 | 4.46296 |
| AXA IM UK (DIRECT) | 13,660 | 0.01241 |
| AXA Rosenberg (DIRECT) | 135,855 | 0.12345 |
| AXA Rosenberg (INDIRECT) | 342,097 | 0.31086 |
| 14. Contact name: | Kyere Tabiri |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 003 1510 |
Annex to Notification of Major Interests In Shares
| A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
| Full name (including legal form for legal entities) | AXA S.A. |
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris |
| Phone number | |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | |
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii | |
| Full name | Kyere Tabiri |
| Contact address | 7 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7NX |
| Phone number | 0207 003 1510 |
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | AXA I M UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM SA which is in turn wholly owned by AXA SA |
| C: Additional information |
| Contact information at Melrose Resources plc: Alasdair Robinson, 0131 221 3360 |
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