Notice Of A Change In The Percentage Level Of A Substantial Shareholder’s Interest
Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer 27/04/2009
2. Name of Substantial Shareholder UBS AG
3. Notice Type Notice of a Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder’s Interest or Cessation of Interest.
Part II – Not Required
Part III
1. Date of change of Interest 23/04/2009
2. The change in the percentage level From 9.87 % To 10.09 %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest # Others
Deemed interests by virtue of (a) UBS AG having an interest, or (b) section 7(4) or 7(4A) of the Companies Act in shares over which subsidiaries/affiliates of UBS AG have an interest, by reason of the ability to exercise voting discretion and to acquire/dispose of shares. Changes in the deemed interests have occurred as a result of transactions entered into for portfolio management purposes.
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions: A series of transactions.
Part IV
1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :
Direct Deemed
No. of shares held before the change 874,338 168,266,197
As a percentage of issued share capital 0.05 % 9.82 %
No. of shares held after the change 617,338 172,227,864
As a percentage of issued share capital 0.04 % 10.05 %
Footnotes (i) The deemed interests in the no. of shares and percentage of issued share capital held before the change provided in part IV above comprised of 150,304,108 shares (8.77%) representing interests aggregating voting shares and 17,962,089 shares (1.05%) representing interests aggregating non-voting shares.
(ii) The deemed interests in the no. of shares and percentage of issued share capital held after the change provided in part IV above comprised of 154,265,775 shares (9.00%) representing interests aggregating voting shares and 17,962,089 shares (1.05%) representing interests aggregating non-voting shares.
(iii) The percentage of issued share capital is calculated based on 1,713,355,324 shares in issue as at the date of change of interest.
(iv) Non-Voting Shares are shares which the UBS Group has authority to acquire and dispose of the shares but does not exercise any discretion over the voting rights.
