RNS Number:3218H
Laxey Partners Ltd
23 July 2001 FORM SAR 3
Date of disclosure..23 July 2001...
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")
Date of acquisition........20 July 2001.....
Acquisition in.............nanoUniverse PLC..............(name of company)
(1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares
(eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed
to the shares
themselves, specify
nature of rights
... Ordinary ......... .... 765,000 ....shares ..................... .................rights
(2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage
of voting shares (and % of rights over shares
of total voting shares (and % of total voting
in issue) shares in issue) 10,225,000..(29.42%) .................( %) ...29.42%...( %)
(3) Party making disclosure....Laxey Partners Ltd................ (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares Laxey Investors
Ltd
and, if different, beneficial owner............................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by
agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................ Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................
(Also print name of signatory).....Andrew Pegge.............................
Telephone and extension number.....01624 629365.............................
Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.
For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers,
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026. |