Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMWICH TIDMCRF 
 
RNS Number : 9791G 
Wichford plc 
10 February 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST                                             | 
| IN SHARESi                                                                       | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           | WICHFORD P.L.C.                     | 
| underlying issuer                          |                                     | 
| 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                             |  YES   | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which    |  NO    | 
| 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  |  NO    | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                     |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        |  NO    | 
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| Other (please  |                                                        |  NO    | 
| specify):      |                                                        |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   | CIREF PLC                                  | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      | N/A                                        | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          |                                            | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 8 FEBRUARY 2010                            | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached: v                          |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | 10 FEBRUARY 2010                           | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 20%                                        | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached: vi, vii                    |                                            | 
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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   | Situation previous                             | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                             | 
| of           | to the triggering                              |                                                                                                  | 
| shares       | transaction                                    |                                                                                                  | 
| if possible  |                                                |                                                                                                  | 
| using        |                                                |                                                                                                  | 
| the ISIN     |                                                |                                                                                                  | 
| CODE         |                                                |                                                                                                  | 
| GB00B01V9H13 |                                                |                                                                                                  | 
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|              | Number                      | Number           | Number                 | Number of            | % of  voting rights                              | 
|              | of                          | of               | of shares              | voting               | x                                                | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting           |                        | rights               |                                                  | 
|              |                             | Rights           |                        |                      |                                                  | 
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|              |                             |                  | Direct                 | Direct xi | Indirect | Direct                            | Indirect     | 
|              |                             |                  |                        |           | xii      |                                   |              | 
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|              | 204272000                   | 204272000        | 213172000              | 213172000 | N/A      | 20.07%                            | N/A          | 
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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 Period                    | rights that may be                            | rights            | 
|                                     |                 | xiv                                  | 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 xv, xvi                                                                | 
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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 xvii     | Conversion                | rights instrument             | xix, xx                                 | 
|                                |           |               | period                    | refers to                     |                                         | 
|                                |           |               | xviii                     |                               |                                         | 
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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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| 213 172 000                                                                          | 20.07%                                                                    | 
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|              |                 |    |      |          |    |  |                      | |     |     |          |        |                     |    |  |           | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the  | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                  | 
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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 holder will    | N/A                          | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     | N/A                          | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                          | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    | Anne Couper Woods, Company Secretary     | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 01624 689 589                            | 
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