Holding(s) in Company

Jul 4, 2012

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc
(“AMS” or the “Group”)

RNS Number : 9179G
Advanced Medical Solutions Grp PLC
04 July 2012
 



 

 

 

 

 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:

ADVANCED MED.SLTN.GP.

 

 

2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)


 

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

 

 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


 

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


 

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


 

 

Other (please specify): ___________

                

 

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Ignis Investment Services Limited    

 

 

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 if different:

02/07/2012

 

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03/07/2012

 

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

 

8.Notified details: Nominee holdings

 

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 viii

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

 

Direct

Direct 

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 

0453659

    


    

    

4,651,448

    

2.28%

 

 

B: Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii

 

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

 

 

CFD’s

    

    

 

1,449,690

 

 

0.71%

 

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






Nominal

Delta



 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,101,138.00

2.99%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

Vidacos Nominees Ltd  (3,592,946.00 1.76%)

State Street Nominees (1,058,502.00 0.52%)

HSBC  (778,690.00 0.38%)

Merrill Lynch  (671,000.00 0.33%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phoenix Group Holdings

Impala Holdings Limited

Ignis Asset management Ltd

Ignis Investment Services Ltd (indirect)

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

    

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:

Percentage calculation based on Issued Share Capital of 204,180,880

14. Contact name:

     Stuart Caldwell

15. Contact telephone number:

     0141 222 8128

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)

    Stephanie Griffin

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

     50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR

Phone number & email

     0141 222 8286

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

     Stephanie Griffin

 

B:        Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

     Stuart Caldwell

Contact address

     50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR

Phone number

     0141 222 8128

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

     Senior Analyst

 

 C:       Additional information


 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.


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HOLUSSURUNABRAR

For further information, please contact:

Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc

Tel: 44 (0) 1606 545508

Chris Meredith, Chief Executive Officer

Eddie Johnson, Chief Financial Officer

Michael King, Investor Relations

Consilium Strategic Communications

Tel: 44 (0) 20 3709 5700

Matthew Neal / Lucy Featherstone

Investec Bank PLC (NOMAD & Broker)

Tel: 44 (0) 20 7597 5970

Gary Clarence / David Anderson

HSBC Bank PLC (Broker)

Tel: 44 (0) 20 7991 8888

Sam McLennan / Joe Weaving / Stephanie Cornish

About Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc

AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand®, RESORBA®, LiquiBandFix8® and Seal-G®. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates and foams through its ActivHeal® brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made five acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants; Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business and Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist.

AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 800 employees. For more information, please see admedsol.com.

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