Holding(s) in Company (6427N)

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RNS Number : 6427N

Dawson Holdings PLC

05 September 2011

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii)                              Dawson Holdings PLC 
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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                X 
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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 to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii)                                       Smiths News Holdings Limited 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v)                                2 September 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer 
  notified:                                   2 September 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                          93% 
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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 
  of 
  shares 
  if possible 
  using          Situation previous 
  the ISIN        to the triggering                Resulting situation after the 
  CODE            transaction                       triggering transaction 
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                                  Number 
                 Number            of                             Number of 
                  of               Voting          Number          voting                    % of voting 
                  Shares           Rights           of shares      rights                     rights (x) 
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                                                                  Direct          Indirect 
                                                   Direct          (xi)            (xii)     Direct         Indirect 
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 Ordinary 
  A              65,504,962       65,504,962       67,129,754     67,129,754                 (93.52%) 
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 GB00002584562 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                    Number of voting 
                                                                     rights that 
                                                                     may be 
                                                                     acquired if 
                                                                     the 
                     Expiration     Exercise/                        instrument 
 Type of financial    date           Conversion                      is                          % of voting 
  instrument          (xiii)         Period (xiv)                    exercised/converted.         rights 
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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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                                                 Exercise/ 
 Type of                          Expiration     Conversion       Number of voting             % of voting 
 financial         Exercise       date           period            rights instrument            rights (xix, 
 instrument         price         (xvii)         (xviii)           refers to                    xx) 
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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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 67,129,754                                          93.52% 
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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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 N/A 
 
 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 cease to hold:                            N/A 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold voting rights:                          N/A 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                      Stuart Marriner 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                          [phone] 
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