Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMCNT 
 
RNS Number : 8659Q 
Connaught PLC 
11 August 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 PLC                       | 
| 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                              |  YES   | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |  NO    | 
| 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   |  NO    | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |  NO    | 
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| Other (please  |                                                         |  NO    | 
| specify):      |                                                         |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   | Breeden European Ventures LLC (Indirect)    | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      | Breeden European Partners (California) L.P. | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          | (direct)                                    | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 6, August 2010                              | 
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| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 10, August 2010                             | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | Below 6%                                    | 
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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                              | 
|              | of                          | of               | of                     | voting               | x                                                | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting           | shares                 | rights               |                                                  | 
|              |                             | Rights           |                        |                      |                                                  | 
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|              |                             |                  | Direct                 | Direct xi | Indirect | Direct                           | Indirect      | 
|              |                             |                  |                        |           | xii      |                                  |               | 
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| ORD          | 18,250,821                  | 18,250,821       | 7,670,765              | 7,670,765 |          | 5.49%                            |               | 
| GB00B139BQ35 |                             |                  |                        |           |          |                                  |               | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                             | 
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