BLACKBIRD PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

May 20, 2016

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RNS Number : 8889Y

Forbidden Technologies PLC

20 May 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Forbidden 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):	i.  Change in denominator ii.  Type 1 Disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation			ü
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Schroders plc & Schroder Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		12.05.16
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13.05.16
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		From 15% - 14%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
	20,478,000			20,478,000			20,365,000		N/A		20,365,000	N/A			14.834%
Ordinary GB0004740477
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					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		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period		Number of voting rights instrument refers to					% of voting rights
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
20,365,000								14.834%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Schroder Investment Management Limited                         20,365,000                    14.834%
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:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 137,289,061.
14. Contact name:	Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 207 658 6000

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