29 Jul 2010 17:48
| TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Northbridge Industrial Services PLC |
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2. Reason for notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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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 notification obligation: | BlackRock, Inc. |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): |
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5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 23rd July 2010 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: | 27th July 2010 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Holding has gone above 9% |
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| 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 | |||
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| GB00B0SPFW38 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,434,374 | N/A | 9.86% |
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights | |
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| Nominal | Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C)
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 1,434,374 | 9.86% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 1,434,374 (9.86%)
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| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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| 13. Additional information:
| BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team |
| 14 Contact name:
| Stuart Watchorn |
| 15. Contact telephone name:
| 020 7743 5741; stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com |