TR-1[i]: notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Brady Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
are attached[ii]:
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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
Other (please specify):___________________________________________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Herald Investment Management
notification obligation[iii]: Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different Bank of New York (OCS) Nominees Ltd
from 3.)[iv]: on behalf of Herald Investment
Trust Plc
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which 15th September 2009
the threshold is crossed or reached if
different)[v]:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 8th September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation
shares to the Triggering after the triggering
transaction [vi] transaction[vii]
if possible
using the ISIN
CODE
Number of Number of Number Number of % of voting
Shares Voting of shares voting rights ix rights
Rights
viii
Indirect Direct x Indirect Direct Indirect
xi
GB00B0188P35 1,219,736 1,219,736 1,419,736 1,419,736 5.04%
(4.33%) (5.04%)
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial date xiii Conversion Period/ rights that may be rights
instrument Date xiv acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
None Nil
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
1,419,736 5.04%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:
Herald Investment Management Limited, a discretionary investment manager, is
the parent undertaking of an investment management business.
Shareholder: Herald Investment Trust 1,419,736 5.04%
(in the name of Bank of New York
(OCS Nominees Limited))
Total for funds under management of 1,419,736 5.04%
Herald Investment Management Limited
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Andrew Miller
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7553 6308
Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal Herald Investment Management Limited
entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal 10/11 Charterhouse Square
entities)
London EC1M 6EE
Phone number 020 7553 6308
Other useful information (at least legal Andrew Miller
representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name See Above
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional
relationship with the person or legal entity
subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
We have used the figure for of the total number of voting rights in issue
(28,160,182) disclosed by the company on 4 Aug 09 via RNS to calculate the
percentage of voting rights after the triggering transaction.
Notes
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[i] This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
[ii] Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for
identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.
[iii] This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for
in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1,
under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations,
the controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the
deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has
given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting
rights at his discretion.
[iv] Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is
the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.
[v] The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which
the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes
effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the
corporate event took effect.
These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.
[vi] Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state `below 3%'.
vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that
the new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
viii Direct and indirect
ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached `direct
holding' and voting rights `indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
X Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is
a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)
xi Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)
xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.
xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date
when the right to acquire shares ends.
xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the [date]
xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or
more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to
cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.
xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3.