Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 5559B 
Alexon Group PLC 
28 October 2009 
 

 
 
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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  | Alexon Group PLC         | 
| existing shares to which voting rights are attached:   |                          | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                               | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            | Yes      | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result   | No       | 
| in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are |          | 
| attached                                                               |          | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                       | No       | 
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| Other (please specify):______________                                  | No       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Bandera Partners LLC                     | 
| notification obligation:               |                                          | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     | Bandera Master Fund L.P.                 | 
| different from 3):                     |                                          | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 23 October 2009                          | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                          | 
| reached if different):                 |                                          | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 26 October 2009                          | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 13%                                      | 
| reached:                               |                                          | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                           | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous    | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction   | 
| of shares    | to the triggering     |                                                        | 
| If           | transaction           |                                                        | 
| possible     |                       |                                                        | 
| use ISIN     |                       |                                                        | 
| code         |                       |                                                        | 
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|              | Number    | Number    | Number    | Number of voting     | Percentage of       | 
|              | of        | of        | of        | rights               | voting rights       | 
|              | shares    | voting    | shares    |                      |                     | 
|              |           | rights    |           |                      |                     | 
+              +           +           +           +----------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |           |           |           | Direct    | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect | 
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| Ordinary     | 5,786,278 | 5,786,278 | 6,286,278 | 6,286,278 | 0        | 13.81%   | 0        | 
| Shares       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          | 
| GB00B28Y7M80 |           |           |           |           |          |          |          | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage of | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that          | voting rights | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | may be               |               | 
|               |               |               | acquired (if         |               | 
|               |               |               | the                  |               | 
|               |               |               | instrument           |               | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |               | 
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|               |               |               |                      |               | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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|              6,286,278               |   13.81%                             | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:              | 
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| Bandera Partners LLC is the investment manager of Bandera Master Fund L.P.  | 
| and controls the voting rights by Bandera Master Fund L.P.                  | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:            | n/a                                  | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy    | n/a                                  | 
| holder will cease to hold:           |                                      | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will  | n/a                                  | 
| cease to hold voting rights:         |                                      | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                      | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     | Jeff Gramm                           | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:          | [phone]                      | 
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