Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMCNT 
 
RNS Number : 9279Q 
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 |        | 
| 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   |  YES   | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |        | 
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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   | Toscafund Asset Management LLP              | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                             | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          | Tosca Mid Cap Fund                          | 
|                                     | DB Platinum Tosca Mid Cap Equity Fund       | 
|                                     | Tosca Opportunity                           | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 29/07/2010                                  | 
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| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 11/08/2010                                  | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 5%                                          | 
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| reached: vi, vii                    |                                             | 
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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           | 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               |                                           | 
|              | Shares                       | Voting             | shares                  | rights               |                                           | 
|              |                              | Rights             |                         |                      |                                           | 
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|              |                              |                    |                         | Direct   | Indirect  | Direct                    | Indirect      | 
|              |                              |                    |                         |          |           |                           |               | 
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|              |          Below 5%            |      Below 5%      |        8,041,942        |    0     |8,041,942  |            0              |    5.753%     | 
| GB00B139BQ35 |                              |                    |                         |          |           |                           |               | 
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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             | Conversion Period                     | rights that may                       | rights             | 
|                                       |                  |                                       | be                                    |                    | 
|                                       |                  |                                       | acquired if the                       |                    | 
|                                       |                  |                                       | instrument is                         |                    | 
|                                       |                  |                                       | exercised/                            |                    | 
|                                       |                  |                                       | converted.                            |                    | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                     | 
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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            | Conversion                 | rights instrument    |                                           | 
|                                  |          |                 | period                     | refers to            |                                           | 
|                                  |          |                 |                            |                      |                                           | 
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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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| 8,041,942                                                                               | 5.753%                                                              | 
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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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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the 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:                    | Robert Lord                              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 020 7845 6100                            | 
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