Last checked at 25 Jun 2009 16:10
| 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: | Vertu Motors plc | ||
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | ||
| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | No | ||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | ||
| Other (please specify): Change in issued share capital | Yes | ||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | F&C Asset Management Plc | ||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | See box 9 below | ||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | Placing 16/06/09 Date of admittance to market 18/6/09 | ||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 25/06/2009 | ||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 15% | ||
| 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 | ||||
| GB00B16K4645 | 14,260,716 | 14,260,716 | 27,631,893 | 27,631,893 | 14.08% | ||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| 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 |
| - |
|
|
|
|
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |
| - |
|
|
|
| Nominal | Delta |
|
|
| |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 27,631,893 | 14.08% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||
|
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | F&C Asset Management Plc |
| 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: | - |
| 14 Contact name: | Peter Fraser, F&C Asset Management plc |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | 0131 718 1051 |