Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMWEST 
 
RNS Number : 3336Q 
Western & Oriental plc 
02 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 |              Western & Oriental Plc | 
| issuer                                      |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights   |                                     | 
| are                                         |                                     | 
| attached:                                   |                                     | 
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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   |        | 
| 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   | Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Ltd | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation:            |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                             | 
|  (if different from 3.):            |                                             | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                  28/07/2010 | 
| on                                  |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached:                            |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                  30/07/2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                          6% | 
| or                                  |                                             | 
| reached:                            |                                             | 
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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 shares              | voting                |                                                  | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting           |                        | rights                |                                                  | 
|              |                             | Rights           |                        |                       |                                                  | 
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|              |                             |                  | Direct                 | Direct     | Indirect | Direct                            | Indirect     | 
|              |                             |                  |                        |            |          |                                   |              | 
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| GB00B104S049 | 18,931,905                  | 18,931,905       | 22,931,905             | 22,931,905 |          | 6.37%                             |              | 
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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 be                            | rights            | 
|                                     |                 |                                       | 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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| 22,931,905                                                                           | 6.37%                                                                      | 
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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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| SAS Rue La Boétie                                                               | 
| Crédit Agricole SA                                                              | 
| Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA                                  | 
| Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA                                                    | 
| Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited            22,931,905 (6.37%)   | 
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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:                    |                            Simon Watkins | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |                            0207 821 4072 | 
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