Notification of major interest in shares

    RNS Number : 2276J
  Dawnay, Day Treveria PLC
  28 November 2008
   



 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer   Dawnay, Day Treveria
 of existing shares to which voting rights are        Plc
 attached:


 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                               X
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
 acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 Other (please specify):______________

 3. Full name of person(s)       Montpelier
 subject to notification         Investment
 obligation:                     Management LLP
                                 1. Montpelier Global
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)  Funds Ltd - The
 (if different from 3):          Montpelier Fund
                                 2.  Chelsea
                                 Investments LP
                                 3. Westbourne
                                 Investments LP
                                 26-Nov-2008
 5. Date of transaction (and
 date on which the threshold is
 crossed or reached if
 different):
                                 28-Nov-2008
 6. Date on which issuer
 notified:
                                 15% threshold
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are     crossed
 crossed or reached:
      
 8: Notified Details
 A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of shares       Situation previous to the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 If possible use ISIN code  transaction
                            Number of shares      Number of voting      Number of shares  Number of voting rights     Percentage of voting
                                                  rights                                                              rights

                                                                                          Direct       Indirect       Direct       
Indirect
 GB00B0RFL714               77,800,748            12.89%                103,719,736       103,719,736                 17.19%
                                                  77,800,748



 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date  Exercise/ conversion  No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
                                                period/date           that may be acquired  rights
                                                                      (if the instrument
                                                                      exercised/converted)




 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting rights
 103,719,736              17.19%



 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or
 the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 Montpelier Investment Management LLP controls the shares under Investment
 Management Agreements with the following parties:


 * Montpelier Global Funds Ltd - The Montpelier Fund
 75,426,081 shares - 12.50%
 2.  Chelsea Investments LP
     16,632,810 shares - 2.76%
  
 3. Westbourne Investments LP
     11,660,845 shares - 1.93%



 Proxy Voting:

 10. Name of proxy holder:                                         
                                                                   
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:      
                                                                   
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
                                                                   

 13. Additional information:

 14 Contact name:               David Rooney

 15. Contact telephone number:  [phone]




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