ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2010

Oct 19, 2010

19 October 2010

AIM: AXS NYSE Euronext Amsterdam: AXS

ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC

Notifiable Interest

The Company announces that it received the following notification on 19 October 2010:

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 issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Accsys Technologies PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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 the notification obligation: iii	Al Rajhi Holdings W.L.L.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	Al Salam Opportunities Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or v reached:				15th October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:				18th October 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii				Below 4%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares				viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous shares to the triggering transaction			Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of		Number of		Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights x
	Shares		Voting Rights			Direct		Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB00BOLMC530		9,713,389		9,713,389	8,030,152		8,030,152			4.00%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	price	Exercise	date xvii	Expiration	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to			% of voting rights xix, xx
											Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
8,030,152			4.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:
14. Contact name:	Andrew Paine, Chief Financial Officer
15. Contact telephone number:	+973 1756 4100

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