Notification of Major Interests in Shares

 

TIDMWHY TIDMBARC 
 
RNS Number : 3606Y 
White Young Green PLC 
01 September 2009 
 

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| For immediate release               |                                   1 September 2009 | 
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White Young Green plc 
 
 
Notification of Major Interest in Shares 
 
 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                    | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     |  White Young Green 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 |                Barclays PLC                 | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| 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  |                25 Aug 2009                  | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached: v                           |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |                26 Aug 2009                  | 
|                                      |  (received by issuer on 1 September 2009)   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |          Below notifiable % to 5%           | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
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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 vi                               |                                                                                            | 
| 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, vii   |           | rights                        |                                                | 
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|                |                              |               |           | Direct x          | Indirect  | Direct                             | Indirect  | 
|                |                              |               |           |                   | xi        |                                    |           | 
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|  GB0003869152  | Not Reportable               |  Not          | 2,820,916 | 0                 | 2,820,916 | 0.00                               | 5.33      | 
|                |                              |  Reportable   |           |                   |           |                                    |           | 
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|                |                              |               |           |                   |           |                                    |           | 
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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                                                                  | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                       | 
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| Type of financial         | Exercise price    | Expiration | Exercise/    | Number of voting                       | % of voting                           | 
| instrument                |                   | date xvii  | Conversion   | rights instrument                      | rights xix, xx                        | 
|                           |                   |            | period       | refers to                              |                                       | 
|                           |                   |            | xviii        |                                        |                                       | 
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| CFD                       | N/A               | N/A        | N/A          | 1,052,179                              | Nominal                      | Delta  | 
|                           |                   |            |              |                                        |                              |        | 
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|                           |                   |            |              |                                        | 1.99%                        |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                              | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                | Percentage of voting rights                                                       | 
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| 2,820,916                                                              | 5.33%                                                                             | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xv                    | 
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| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                                        | 
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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:                          |                         Geoff Smith | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |                       0207 116 2913 | 
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