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Major shareholding: Correcting Announcement
| 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: |
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | No | |
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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 | No | |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | No | |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |
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Other (please specify): | See additional information below | Yes |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| F&C Asset Management plc |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| See box 9 below |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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N/A (see additional information below) |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:
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24 September 2010 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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N/A (see additional information below) |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| Class/type of
| Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights | |||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| GB0004270301 ord GBP0.25 (as at 23/09/2010) | n/a | n/a | 6,299,498 | - | 6,299,498 | - | 8.19% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting
| % of voting |
| - | | | | |
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % 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 |
| 6,299,498 (as at 23/09/2010) | 8.19%
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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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| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:
| F&C Asset Management plc |
| 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:
| The disclosure made on 21 July 2010 outlining that F&C's aggregate position fell below 5% was incorrect due to a system error. As of 23 September 2010 F&C's aggregate holding is 8.19%. |
| 14 Contact name:
| Marrack Tonkin, Company Secretary, F&C Asset Management plc |
| 15. Contact telephone name:
| 0131 718 1247 |
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
| Annex: Notification of major interests in shares |
| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
| Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
| Hill & Smith Holdings PLC |
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
| Westhaven House |
| Phone number & email
| Tel: 44 (0)121 704 7430 Fax: 44 (0)121 704 7439 Email: enquiries@hsholdings.com FAO John Humphreys, Co Sec |
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name
| Marrack Tonkin, F&C Asset Management plc |
| Contact address
| 80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU |
| Phone number & email
| 0131 718 1247 Marrack.tonkin@fandc.com |
| Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | |
| C: Additional information |
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