Holding(s) in Company (3070V)

TIDMCHTR

RNS Number : 3070V

Charter International PLC

10 January 2012

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Charter International plc

2. Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Credit Suisse Group AG

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Please see section 9

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

5 January 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9 January 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if possible            Situation previous to the Triggering transaction 
 using the ISIN CODE 
                                         Number of shares             Number of voting Rights 
 Ord JE00B3CX4509                        14,398,681                   14,398,681 
                                                   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
 
 Class/type of shares if possible 
 using the ISIN CODE 
                                        Number of          Number of voting rights          % of voting rights 
                                         shares 
                                                           Direct            Indirect       Direct      Indirect 
 JE00B3CX4509                           15,818,061         N/A               15,818,061     N/A         9.4669% 
 
 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting            % of voting 
  financial     Date         Period/ Date          rights that may             rights 
  instrument                                       be acquired if 
                                                   the instrument 
                                                   is exercised/ converted. 
 
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  financial     price      date         Conversion    rights instrument    rights 
  instrument                            period        refers to 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  ---------------- 
                                                                          Nominal   Delta 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 15,818,061                9.4669% 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

   1.   Credit Suisse Group AG 
   2.   Credit Suisse AG 

2.1 Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd

2.2 Credit Suisse Fund Management Company (Ireland) Limited

2.3 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

   3.   Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Kapitalanlagen SGK AG 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Anthony Allen/Liane Agostini/ Paul MacDonald, tel [phone]/3599

Michael Hampson, Company Secretary, Charter International plc, tel + 353 1 894 0151

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