Notification of Major Interest in Shares

 

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RNS Number : 3177V 
Freedom4 Group PLC 
08 July 2009 
 

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                     | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     |    FREEDOM4 GROUP PLC     | 
| 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 |         | 
| 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   |         | 
| 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 to |       Valiance Special Opportunities        | 
| the                                  |      Co-Investment Fund Master Fund LP      | 
| notification obligation: iii         |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       |                                             | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv           |                                             | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |                06 July 2009                 | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached: v                           |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |                07 July 2009                 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |            Below 3% to above 3%             | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| 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 of  | Situation previous                          | Resulting situation after the triggering                                           | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transaction                                                                        | 
| if possible    | transaction                                 |                                                                                    | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                                    | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                                    | 
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|                | Number               | Number               | Number            | Number                    | % of voting rights x               | 
|                | of                   | of                   | of                | of                        |                                    | 
|                | Shares               | Voting               | shares            | voting                    |                                    | 
|                |                      | Rights               |                   | rights                    |                                    | 
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|                |                      |                      | Direct            | Direct xi  | Indirect xii | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
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| GB0005846018   | 25,000,000           | 2.416%               | 35,000,000        | 35,000,000 | -            | 3.382%                 | -         | 
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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                        | rights that may                       | rights       | 
|                              |                         | Period xiv                        | be                                    |              | 
|                              |                         |                                   | 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                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii         | Conversion           | rights instrument              | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                   | period xviii         | 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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| 35,000,000                                                                    | 3.382%                                                            | 
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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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| 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:                          | Stewart Porter, Freedom4 Group plc  | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |            0870 386 0403            | 
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