BLACKBIRD PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2016

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RNS Number : 9927S

Forbidden Technologies PLC

29 December 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:		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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	MITON GROUP PLC
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:	28/12/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29/12/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	14%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
GG0004740477	11,927,128			11,927,128			26,927,128				26,927,128			14.92%

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
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
26,927,128								14.92%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
CF MITON UK SMALLER COMPANIES FUND	3,468,517
CF MITON UK MULTI CAP INCOME FUND	15,940,079
DIVERSE INCOME TRUST PLC	7,518,532

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 FIGURE OF 180,486,199 ORDINARY SHARES HAS BEEN USED AS THE DENOMINATOR FOR THIS CALCULATION.
14. Contact name:		GEORGE LATIMER-BUTLER
15. Contact telephone number:		0203 714 1486

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