Communisis Announcements
Holding(s) in Company
25 February 2010 12:54:00
For filings with the FSA include the
annex
For filings with issuer exclude the
annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Communisis Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting
rights are attached: ii
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 Lloyds Banking Group Plc the notification obligation: iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if See Section 9
different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date 17 February 2010
on which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 18 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed Direct / Indirect holdings decreased to or reached: vi, vii
below 8%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after
shares to the triggering the triggering
transaction transaction
if possible Number Number Number Number of % of voting
using of of of shares voting rights x
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting rights
Rights
Direct Direct xi Indirect Direct Indirect
xii
Ordinary 25p 12,423,516 12,423,516 6,235,291 6,235,291 4,762,043 4.499% 3.436% shares
GB0006683238
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date xiii Conversion Period rights that may be rights
xiv acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial price date xvii Conversion rights instrument rights xix, xx
instrument period refers to
xviii
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
10,997,334 7.934%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
10,847,482 shares (7.826%) 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, 4,776,238 shares (3.446%) 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 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 N/A
holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information: Notification using the Total Voting
Rights figure of 138,602,981
14. Contact name: Matthew Wilson
15. Contact telephone number: 0113 235 7729
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal
entities)
Contact address
(registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for
legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name Sarah Morton
Contact address Communisis Plc, Wakefield Road, Leeds,
LS10 1DU
Phone number & email 0113 2770202
sarah.morton@communisis.com
Other useful information(e.g. Company Secretary
functional relationship with the person
or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
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