4 Apr 2014 09:22

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TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Ricardo PLC |
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2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | yes | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | no | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
Other (please specify): | Â | no |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Â Standard Life Investments Ltd |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Â Vidacos Nominees |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 02/04/2014 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 03/04/2014 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 6% |
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8: Notified Details | ||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB0007370074 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
3,091,769 | 3,091,769 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
3,417,414 | 891,769 | 2,525,645 | 1.706% | 4.832% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights  | |
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
 3,417,414 | 6.538% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Proxy Voting: Â | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: Â | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Â | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: Â |
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13. Additional information: Â | |
14. Contact name: Â | investments_mo@standardlife.comStandard Life Investments Ltd |
15. Contact telephone number: Â | (0131) 245 6565 |
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