Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMCROP TIDMADU 
 
RNS Number : 3895L 
Ceres Agriculture Fund Limited 
05 May 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                              | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the   | Ceres Agriculture Fund       | 
| underlying issuer of existing      | Limited                      | 
| 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                   |       | 
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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  | Advance UK Trust plc - in    | 
| to the notification obligation:    | members' voluntary           | 
|                                    | liquidation                  | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if |  Nortrust Nominees Limited   | 
| different from 3.):                |                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     |  4th May 2010                | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  |  5th May 2010                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        |  3%                          | 
| crossed 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               | Resulting situation after the                         | 
| of            | previous                | triggering transaction                                | 
| shares        | to the                  |                                                       | 
| if            | triggering              |                                                       | 
| possible      | transaction             |                                                       | 
| using         |                         |                                                       | 
| the ISIN      |                         |                                                       | 
| CODE          |                         |                                                       | 
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|               | Number     | Number     | Number     | Number of            | % of              | 
|               | of         | of         | of         | voting               | voting            | 
|               | Shares     | Voting     | shares     | rights               | rights            | 
|               |            | Rights     |            |                      |                   | 
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|               |            |            | Direct     | Direct    | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | 
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| Ordinary      |  2,817,190 |  2,817,190 |  2,817,190 | 2,817,190 | N/A      | 3.08%  | N/A      | 
| Shares        |            |            |            |           |          |        |          | 
+---------------+            +            +            +           +          +        +          + 
|  GG00B28B2R95 |            |            |            |           |          |        |          | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                | 
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| Type of       | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | acquired if   |           | 
|               |            |            | the           |           | 
|               |            |            | instrument is |           | 
|               |            |            | exercised/    |           | 
|               |            |            | converted.    |           | 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
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|  N/A          | N/A        | N/A        | N/A           | N/A       | 
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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    | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of   | % of               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | refers to   |                    | 
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|  N/A       | N/A      | N/A        | N/A        | N/A         |  Nominal   |Delta  | 
|            |          |            |            |             |            |       | 
+            +          +            +            +             +------------+-------+ 
|            |          |            |            |             |  N/A       | N/A   | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                     | 
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| Number of voting rights            | Percentage of voting rights  | 
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|  2,817,190                         |  3.08%                       | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  | 
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| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                  | 
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| N/A                                                                         | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:      | N/A                          | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy  | N/A                          | 
| holder will cease to hold:         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder     | N/A                          | 
| will cease to hold voting rights:  |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:        | Progressive European Markets       | 
|                                    | Limited is investment manager to   | 
|                                    | Advance UK Trust plc               | 
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|                                    | Advance UK Trust plc is in         | 
|                                    | members' voluntary liquidation     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  | Mr Anthony Lee, Cavendish          | 
|                                    | Administration Ltd                 | 
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|                                    | Joint Liquidators: Laura Waters    | 
|                                    | and Richard Setchim,               | 
|                                    | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP         | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      | Cavendish Administration Ltd       | 
|                                    | 0207 490 4355                      | 
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|                                    | Contact at Liquidators: James      | 
|                                    | Yeoward,                           | 
|                                    | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP         | 
|                                    | Tel: [phone]                 | 
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