ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2010

Feb 12, 2010

Regulatory Announcement

TIDM AXS

Company Accsys Technologies PLC

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Released 12 February 2010

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AIM: AXS NYSE Euronext Amsterdam: AXS

12 February 2010

ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC

("Accsys" or " the Company")

Notifiable Interest

Following completion of the Company's €16.9m fundraising, the Company announces that it received the following notification from FIL Limited (formerly known as Fidelity International Limited) on 11 February 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): Participation in Subscription for New Ordinary Shares issued by the Company
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	FIL Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		* See below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or v reached:		10 February 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:			11 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii			5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares		viii, ix
Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number Number of of			Number of shares		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
	Shares	Voting Rights		Indirect	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB00B0LMC530	0	0		11,580,900		11,580,900			5.77
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	Exercise price	date xvii	Expiration Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights xx instrument refers to			% of voting rights xix,
								Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,580,900	5.77
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
See attached schedule
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire to hold:		11,580,900
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire to hold voting rights:		10 February 2010
13. Additional information:	Participation in Subscription for New Ordinary Shares issued by the Company

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	SHARES	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT
	HELD		COMPANY
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent	11,011,700	BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX		FIL
holding company for various	569,200	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO		FIJ
direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including FIL
Fund Management Limited
(FFML), FIL Investment
Services Ltd (FISL), FIL
Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset
Management (Korea) Limited
(FIAKL), FIL Investments
Management (Hong Kong)
Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension
Management (FPM), Fidelity
Investments Japan (FIJ) and
FIL Investments International
(FII), investment managers
for various non-US
investment companies and
institutional clients.

Ends

For further information, please contact:

Accsys Technologies PLC	Paul Clegg, CEO Kevin Wood, CFO	+44 208 150 8835
Matrix Corporate Capital LLP	Stephen Mischler Anu Tayal	+44 20 3206 7000
Threadneedle Communications	Graham Herring Josh Royston graham.herring@threadneedlepr.co.u k josh.royston@threadneedlepr.co.uk	+44 20 7653 9850
Citigate First Financial B.V.	Wouter van de Putte Menno Delken	+ 31 20 575 4080