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Holding(s) in Company
February 02 2010 09:03
Age: 214 days
Category: RNS 
Notification of major interest in shares
Headline: Holding(s) in Company
Released: 08:52 02-Feb-2010
Number: 5191G08
RNS Number: 5191G
Vyke Communications PLC
02 February 2010
Vyke Communications plc (the "Company" or "Vyke")
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: | Vyke Communications plc |
| 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 qualifying 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: | Lloyds Banking Group plc | | 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See Section 9. | | 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 29 January 2010 | | 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 01 February 2010 | | 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Direct/Indirect holdings decreased to below 13% |
| 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 | | Ord 1p Shares | 8,361,432 | 8,361,432 | 5,466,969 | 5,466,969 | 2,613,358 | 8.653% | 4.136% | | GB00B1YD6035 |
| 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 | | N/A | | | | |
| 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 | | 8,080,327 | 12.789% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | 7,443,281 shares (11.780%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Direct/Indirect Interests).
Within these holdings, 4,648,513 shares (7.357%) are managed on behalf of Clerical Medical Managed Funds Limited, a wholly owned subsidary of Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Financial Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and are therefore disclosed as an overall Direct Interest. |
| Proxy Voting: | | 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | | 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A | | 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 63,183,296 | | 14. Contact name: | Matthew Wilson | | 15. Contact telephone number: | 0113 235 7729 |
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