Dialog Semiconductor Plc. / Release of a Voting Rights announcement (Other)
01.02.2010
Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by the
Company on 29 January 2010.
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:
Dialog Semiconductor Plc
2. Reason for the notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Other: Exemption DTR 5.1.5 (1)
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Goldman Sachs International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different:
27 January 2010
6. Date on which the issuer notified:
29 January 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
3%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class / type of shares:
GB0059822006
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares:
Number of voting rights: Below 3%
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares direct:
Number of voting rights direct:
Number of voting rights indirect: 2,174,758
% of voting rights direct:
% of voting rights indirect: 3.53%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments
N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights: 2,174,758
Percentage of voting rights: 3.53%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The interest in 151,856 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by
Goldman, Sachs & Co. ('GS&Co.'), a direct subsidiary of GS Inc. These
shares are, or will be, registered at Citibank Frankfurt.
The interest in 2,022,902 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by
Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc.
These shares are, or will be, registered at Citibank Frankfurt.
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Language: English
Company: Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
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