Novae Group plc: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares | Company Announcements

Wednesday 01 July, 2009

Novae Group plc

Notifications of Major Interests in Shares





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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          | Novae Group plc       |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to   |                       |
| which voting rights are attached:         |                       |
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|                                                                   |
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                               |
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|                                                    |              |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights        | Acquisition  |
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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                                           |              |
|----------------------------------------------------+--------------|
|                                                    |              |
| 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)        | Prudential plc group of        |
| subject to notification          | companies                      |
| obligation:                      |                                |
|----------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|                                  |                                |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   | Shares registered in:          |
| (if different from 3):           | Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c      |
|                                  | MHF01                          |
|                                  | Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c      |
|                                  | MKK01                          |
|                                  | PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PAC    |
|                                  | a/c                            |
|                                  | PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL    |
|                                  | a/c                            |
|                                  |                                |
|----------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|                                  |                                |
| 5. Date of transactions (and     | 29 June 2009                   |
| date on which the threshold is   |                                |
| crossed or reached if            |                                |
| different):                      |                                |
|----------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|                                  |                                |
| 6. Date on which issuer          | 30 June 2009                   |
| notified:                        |                                |
|----------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|                                  |                                |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      | 10% to 11%                     |
| crossed or reached:              |                                |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                          |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                          |
|                                                                                             |
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|Class/type of     |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|shares            |the triggering       |                                                    |
|If possible use   |transaction          |                                                    |
|ISIN code         |---------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|                  |Number of |Number of |Number of  |Number of voting      |Percentage of    |
|                  |shares    |voting    |shares     |rights                |voting rights    |
|Ordinary shares of|          |rights    |           |----------------------+-----------------|
|£1 each           |          |          |           |           |          |       |         |
|                  |          |          |           |Direct     |Indirect  |Direct |Indirect |
|GB00B2QCM188      |8,051,798 |8,051,798 |8,054,525  |           |          |       |         |
|                  |          |          |           |8,054,525  |          |11.00% |         |
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|B: Financial Instruments                                                   |
|                                                                           |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                       |
|                                                                           |
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|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/  |No. of voting rights that may |Percentage|
|financial |date      |conversion |be acquired (if the instrument|of voting |
|instrument|          |period/date|exercised/converted)          |rights    |
|----------+----------+-----------+------------------------------+----------|
|Not       |          |           |                              |          |
|applicable|          |           |                              |          |
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| Total (A+B)                                           |
|                                                       |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
|-------------------------+-----------------------------|
|                         |                             |
| 8,054,525               | 11.00%                      |
|                         |                             |
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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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| Prudential plc (parent company)                                   |
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| M & G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)   |
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| M & G Limited                                                     |
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| M & G Investment Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M &  |
| G Limited)                                                        |
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| M & G Securities Limited                                          |
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| The Prudential Assurance Company Limited                          |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:                                   | N/A |
|                                                             |     |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to      | N/A |
| hold:                                                       |     |
|                                                             |     |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+-----|
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting    | N/A |
| rights:                                                     |     |
|                                                             |     |
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| 13. Additional information: | Total voting rights figure is       |
|                             | 73,221,346                          |
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| 14 Contact name:            | Teresa Furmston                     |
|                             |                                     |
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| 15. Contact telephone name: | 020 7903 7303                       |
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