Posted: 09/12/2016
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing
shares to which voting rights are attached:
Forbidden Technologies plc
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2 Reason for the notification
(please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [Tick]
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
instruments which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
i. Type 1 Disclosure as per the
Transparency Directive II Regulation [Tick]
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation: (iii)
Schroders plc & Schroder Investment Management Limited
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached: (v)
6.12.16
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
8.12.16
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
From 11% – 10%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
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Class/type of shares: Ordinary GB0004740477
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of Shares: 17,924,681
Number of Voting Rights: 17,924,681
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares (Direct): 16,629,264
Number of voting rights (Direct) (xi): N/A
Number of voting rights (Indirect) (xii): 16,629,264
% of voting rights (x) (Direct): N/A
% of voting rights (x) (Indirect): 10.524%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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N/A
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
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N/A
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights: 16,629,264
Percentage of voting rights: 10.524%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the
voting rights and/or the financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable:
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Schroder Investment Management Limited 16,629,264 10.524%
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to
hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will
cease to hold
voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios
managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for
clients under investment management agreements. This
disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital
amount 158,010,449.
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14. Contact name:
Shaheen Hussain
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15. Contact telephone number:
+44 207 658 6000
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