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RNS Number : 4098N 
Conister Financial Group plc 
16 February 2009 
 

 
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE16th February 2009 
 
 
 
 
Conister Financial Group plc (the 'Company') 
 
 
TR1 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares 
 
 
The Company was informed on 16 February 2009 of the following interests in the 
Company's Ordinary Shares. 
 
 
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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  | Conister Financial Group | 
| existing shares to which voting rights are attached:   | Plc                      | 
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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   |          | 
| 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                       |          | 
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| Other (please specify):______________                                  |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International  | 
| notification obligation:               | Ltd                                      | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                                          | 
| different from 3):                     |                                          | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 12/02/09                                 | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                          | 
| reached if different):                 |                                          | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 16/02/09                                 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 8%                                       | 
| 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                  | 
| of shares    | to the triggering        | transaction                                               | 
| If possible  | transaction              |                                                           | 
| use ISIN     |                          |                                                           | 
| code         |                          |                                                           | 
| IM00B28ZPX83 |                          |                                                           | 
|              |                          |                                                           | 
+              +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ 
|              | Number of    | Number    | Number    | Number of voting        | Percentage of       | 
|              | shares       | of        | of        | rights                  | voting rights       | 
|              | 5,069,500    | voting    | shares    |                         |                     | 
|              |              | rights    | 5,077,000 |                         |                     | 
|              |              | 5,069,500 |           |                         |                     | 
|              |              |           |           |                         |                     | 
+              +              +           +           +-------------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |              |           |           | Direct       | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect | 
|              |              |           |           | 5,077,000    |          | 8.01%    |          | 
|              |              |           |           |              |          |          |          | 
+--------------+--------------+-----------+-----------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                                                                                                     | 
+--------------+--------------+-----------+-----------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+ 
 
 
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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 | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that may      | of voting  | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | be acquired (if      | rights     | 
|               |               |               | the instrument       |            | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |            | 
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------------+------------+ 
|               |               |               |                      |            | 
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
|                                                                             | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ 
| 5,077,000                            | 8.01%                                | 
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
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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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| SAS Rue La Boétie                                                           | 
| Crédit Agricole SA                                                          | 
| Calyon SA                                                                   | 
| Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA                                                | 
| Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited 5,077,000 (8.01%)           | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
|                                                                             | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:            |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy    |                                      | 
| holder will cease to hold:           |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will  |                                      | 
| cease to hold voting rights:         |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     | Gabrielle Burne                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:          | 0207 214 6037                        | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| For further information, please contact: | 
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| Conister Financial Group plc             | 
| Denham Eke                               | 
| Tel [phone]                         | 
|                                          | 
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| Beaumont Cornish Limited                 | 
| Roland Cornish                           | 
| Tel [phone]                 | 
|                                          | 
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| Britton Financial PR                     | 
| Tim Blackstone                           | 
| Tel  [phone]                        | 
|                                          | 
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