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  • 52 Week High: 158.00
  • 52 Week Low: 50.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 361.11m
  • Volume: 607,510
  • Market Cap: £243.75m
  • RiskGrade: 447
  • Beta: 1.57

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 6413H
Blinkx Plc
24 February 2010
 



 
TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Blinkx 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 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 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 if different):

23 February 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24 February 2010

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

Direct / Indirect decreases to below 8%

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

ISIN

GB00B1WBW239

 

24,049,422

 

24,049,422

 

13,544,482

 

13,544,482

 

8,669,451

 

4.41%

 

2.82%

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

 

N/A





 

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

 

22,213,933

    

7.23%

 

 

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

22,213,111 shares (7.23%) 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,9,506,048 shares (3.09%) are managed on behalf of Clerical Medical Managed Funds 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. These holdings 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/acquire to hold voting rights:

N/A

 

13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:

Frances Smith, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01223 488500

 


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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