Notification of Major Interests in Shares

 

TIDMWHY TIDMBARC 
 
RNS Number : 2275B 
White Young Green PLC 
22 October 2009 
 

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| For immediate release               |                                    22 October 2009 | 
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White Young Green plc 
 
 
Notification of Major Interest in Shares 
 
 
 
 
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| TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                    | 
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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          |                           | 
| attachedii:                                            |                           | 
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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 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 obligationiii:          |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       |          Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd          | 
|  (if different from 3.):             |      Gerrard Investment Management Ltd      | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |              19 October 2009                | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reachedv:                            |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |              20 October 2009                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |                  6% to 5%                   | 
| 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 of  | Situation previous                          | Resulting situation after the triggering                                         | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transactionviii                                                                  | 
| if possible    | transactionvi                               |                                                                                  | 
| 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 x  | Indirect xi | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
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|  GB0003869152  | 3,313,356            |  3,313,356           | 3,166,550         | 0         | 3,166,550   | 0.00                   | 5.98      | 
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|                |                      |                      |                   |           |             |                        |           | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiii                                                                                        | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration              | Exercise/                        | Number of voting                     | % of voting  | 
| instrument                   | datexiii                | 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  | Expiration        | Exercise/            | Number of voting             | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date              | Conversion           | rights instrument            | rights                        | 
|                           |           |                   | period               | refers to                    |                               | 
|                           |           |                   |                      |                              |                               | 
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|                           |           |                   |                      |                              | Nominal              | Delta  | 
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|                           |           |                   |                      |                              |                      |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                   | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                       | Percentage of voting rights                                     | 
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| 3,166,550                                                                     | 5.98                                                            | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexv:                     | 
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|  Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                                       | 
| Gerrard Investment Management 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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