Last checked at 5 Mar 2010 15:02
| 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: | DIGITAL BARRIERS PLC |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
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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 the notification obligation:
| AVIVA PLC & ITS SUBSIDIARIES
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 04 MARCH 2010
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 05 MARCH 2010
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 0% TO 5% CHANGE AT COMBINED INTEREST LEVEL
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| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| 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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| ORDINARY SHARES |
NIL HOLDING |
NIL HOLDING |
1,340,000 |
482,500 |
857,500 |
1.95% |
3.48% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
| % of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % 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 |
| 1,340,000 | 5.41% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-
Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: Aviva plc (Parent Company) Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) |
| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:
| SEE SECTION 4
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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:
| FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS OF 24,782,500
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| 14. Contact name:
| NEIL WHITTAKER
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| 15. Contact telephone number:
| 01603 684420 |