Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMCNT TIDMHSBA 
 
RNS Number : 2890P 
Connaught PLC 
13 July 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | CONNAUGHT                           | 
| issuer                                      |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights   |                                     | 
| are                                         |                                     | 
| attached: ii                                |                                     | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              |   X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |  GBP   | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting       |        | 
| rights are attached                                                      |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect   |  GBP   | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |  GBP   | 
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| Other (please  |                                                         |  GBP   | 
| specify):      |                                                         |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   | HSBC Holdings Plc                           | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      | HSBC Bank plc                               | 
|  (if different from 3.):i           | Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited       | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 12th July 2010                              | 
| on                                  |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 13th July 2010                              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | From 9 % to 10%                             | 
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| reached: vi, vii                    |                                             | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                                        | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous                              | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                               | 
| of           | to the triggering                               |                                                                                                    | 
| shares       | transaction                                     |                                                                                                    | 
| if possible  |                                                 |                                                                                                    | 
| using        |                                                 |                                                                                                    | 
| the ISIN     |                                                 |                                                                                                    | 
| CODE         |                                                 |                                                                                                    | 
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|              | Number                       | Number           | Number                 | Number of             | % of  voting rights x                             | 
|              | of                           | of               | of shares              | voting                |                                                   | 
|              | Shares                       | Voting           |                        | rights                |                                                   | 
|              |                              | Rights           |                        |                       |                                                   | 
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|              |                              |                  | Direct                 | Direct     | Indirect | Direct                            | Indirect      | 
|              |                              |                  |                        | xi         | xii      |                                   |               | 
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| GB00B139BQ35 |          13,841,216          |    13,841,216    | 13,752,300             | 13,752,300 | 232,435  | 9.84 %                            | 0.16 %        | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                | 
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| Type of financial                      | Expiration    | Exercise/                             | Number of voting                                | % of voting      | 
| instrument                             | date xiii     | Conversion Period xiv                 | rights that may be                              | rights           | 
|                                        |               |                                       | acquired if the                                 |                  | 
|                                        |               |                                       | instrument is                                   |                  | 
|                                        |               |                                       | exercised/                                      |                  | 
|                                        |               |                                       | converted.                                      |                  | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                | 
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| Type of financial                | Exercise | Expiration    | Exercise/                 | Number of voting                 | % of voting rights                     | 
| instrument                       | price    | date xvii     | Conversion                | rights instrument                | xix, xx                                | 
|                                  |          |               | period                    | refers to                        |                                        | 
|                                  |          |               | xviii                     |                                  |                                        | 
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|                                  |          |               |                           |                                  | Nominal                     | Delta    | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                       | 
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|                                Number of voting rights                                |                        Percentage of voting rights                          | 
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|                                      13,984,735                                       |                                  10.00 %                                    | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the  | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                  | 
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| N/A                                                                             | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |             N/A              | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |             N/A              | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |             N/A              | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          | None                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    | Baljeet Gill                             | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 020 7991 6555                            | 
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