Holding(s) in Company - Amendment
January 22 2009 - 11:28AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMABU
RNS Number : 1155M
Abacus Group PLC
22 January 2009
The following replaces the Holding(s) in Company announcement released on 21
January 2009 at 1626hrs under RNS number 0385M. The number of shares held by
Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited in its capacity as trustee of the Abacus Group
Employee Benefit Trust previous to the triggering transaction has been amended.
The full amended release appears below.
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Abacus Group plc |
| issuer of existing shares to which voting | |
| rights are attached: | |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes |
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may | |
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which | |
| voting rights are attached | |
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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 | Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited in |
| notification obligation: | its capacity as trustee of the |
| | Abacus Group Employee Benefit Trust |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | TD Waterhouse Nominees (Europe) |
| different from 3): | Limited - acting as custodian |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on | 20 January 2009 |
| which the threshold is crossed or | |
| reached if different): | |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 21 January 2009 |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | +/- 1% movement in shares held |
| reached: | above 3% threshold |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
+--------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| 8: Notified Details |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
| |
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| Class/type | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| of shares | to the triggering | |
| If | transaction | |
| possible | | |
| use ISIN | | |
| code | | |
+ +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | Percentage of |
| | of | of | of | rights | voting rights |
| | shares | voting | shares | | |
| | | rights | | | |
+ + + + +----------------------+---------------------+
| | | | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+--------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
| GB0000305796 | | | 3,224,177 | 3,224,177 | | 4.20% | |
+--------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------------+---------------+
| B: Financial Instruments |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | No. of voting | Percentage of |
| financial | date | conversion | rights that | voting rights |
| instrument | | period/date | may be | |
| | | | acquired (if | |
| | | | the | |
| | | | instrument | |
| | | | exercised/converted) | |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------------+---------------+
| | | | | |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------------+---------------+
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B) |
| |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 3,224,177 | 4.20% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or |
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| |
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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: | |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will | |
| cease to hold voting rights: | |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 13. Additional information: | It is our normal practice to abstain |
| | from voting in relation to our |
| | holding |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 14 Contact name: | Patrick Jones |
| | |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01534 818390 |
| | |
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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