Notification of Major Interest in Shares
13 July 2010
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: | RPS Group |
2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | No | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | No | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |
Other (please specify): | ||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | AEGON UK Group of Companies |
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.): | |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 08thJuly 2010 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12thJuly 2010 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5.4% |
8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
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 | |||
GB0007594764 | 10,865,624 | 10,865,624 | 9,581,894 | 9,581,894 | 908,612 | 4.43 | 0.42 |
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 | |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Nominal | Delta |
n/a |
Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
10,490,506 | 4.85% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
AEGON UK Group of Companies - parent undertaking of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK Ltd AEGON ICVC |
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: | AEGON UK Group of Companies |
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: | AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK Ltd AEGON ICVC |
14. Contact name: | Miranda Beacham |
15. Contact telephone number: | 0131 549 3460 |
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