£25.18m
-1.50p
106.00p
K3 Business Technology Group PLC
02 January 2008
TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
K3 Business Technology Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )
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: ( Yes )
Other (please specify) :
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Hargreave Hale Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
Discretionary clients
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):
28 December 2007
6. Date on which issuer notified:
2 January 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the
using the ISIN CODE Triggering transaction (vi)
Number of Number of voting
shares Rights (viii)
Ordinary 1,173,000 1,173,000
GB00B00P6061
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
Class/type of shares Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights
if possible using (ix)
the ISIN CODE
Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect
1,173,000 NA 1,173,000 NA 4.948
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting
financial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) rights that may be rights
instrument acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
Total (A+B)
Number of voting % of voting
rights rights
1,173,000 4.948
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
870,000 of these shares are for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund
Managers Ltd, for which Hargreave Hale manages the investments on a
discretionary basis. The remaining balance is held on behalf of discretionary
clients.
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:
This change is subsequent to the company's announcement of 20 Decembr and
admission to trading on 28 December of 15,500 new ordinary shares.
14. Contact name:
David Clueit
15. Contact telephone number:
01253 621575
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