ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2010

Aug 18, 2010

18 August 2010

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ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC

Notifiable Interest

The Company announces that it received the following notification on 17 August 2010:

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 reached: v			13th August 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17th August 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii										Below 5%
8. Notified details:
viii, ix A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous shares to the triggering transaction			Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number Number of of			Number of shares rights			Number of voting		% of voting rights x
	Shares	Voting Rights		Direct		Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB00BOLMC530	10,928,837	10,928,837		9,713,389	9,713,389			4.84%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii		Exercise/	Number of voting % of voting Conversion Period xiv rights that may be rights 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 financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii		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
9,713,389				4.84%

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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