Holding(s) in Company

    RNS Number : 3951Z
  Dawnay, Day Sirius
  18 July 2008
   

    Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

 For filings with the FSA include the annex
 For filings with issuer exclude the annex 

 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                             Yes
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
 the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
 attached 

 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 Other (please specify):______________
                                 Hound Partners, LLC
 3. Full name of person(s)
 subject to notification
 obligation:
                                 Hound Partners, LP; Hound Partners Offshore Fund, LP
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3):
                                 15/07/2008
 5. Date of transaction (and
 date on which the threshold is
 crossed or reached if
 different):
                                 17/07/2008
 6. Date on which issuer
 notified:
                                 7%
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are
 crossed or reached:








 8: Notified Details
 A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of shares  Situation previous to the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 If possible use ISIN  transaction
 code
 GG00B1W3VF54
                       Number of shares      Number of voting      Number of shares  Number of voting       Percentage of voting
                       20,861,621            rights                      22,861,621  rights                 rights
                                             20,861,621

                                                                                     Direct  Indirect             Direct  Indirect
                                                                                             22,861,621                   7.40%



 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date  Exercise/ conversion  No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
                                                period/date           that may be acquired  rights
                                                                      (if the instrument
                                                                      exercised/converted)




 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting rights

 22,861,621               7.4%






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


 Proxy Voting:

 10. Name of proxy holder:                                         
                                                                   
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:      
                                                                   
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
                                                                   

 13. Additional information:  
                              
 14 Contact name:             
                              
 15. Contact telephone name:  
                              

    For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.   
    Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

 Annex: Notification of major interests in shares


 A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
 Full name                                                         Hound Partners, LLC
 (including legal form of legal entities)

 Contact address                                                   101 Park Avenue, 48th Floor
 (registered office for legal entities)                            New York, NY 10178 USA

 Phone number & email                                              [phone]; [e-mail]

 Other useful information                                          Stirling Levy
 (at least legal representative for legal persons)


 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
 Full name                                      Stirling Levy

 Contact address                                101 Park Avenue, 48th Floor
                                                New York, NY 10178 USA
 Phone number & email                           [phone]; [e-mail]

 Other useful information


 (e.g. functional relationship with the person
 or legal entity subject to the notification
 obligation)

 C: Additional information



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