Holding(s) in Company (5596O)

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RNS Number : 5596O

Dawson Holdings PLC

20 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)                         16 September 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:     16 September 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                   94% 
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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        Situation previous 
 using the        to the triggering                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE        transaction                          transaction 
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                                  Number 
                 Number            of 
                  of               Voting             Number         Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                  Shares           Rights              of shares      rights                    (x) 
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                                                                     Direct         Indirect 
                                                      Direct          (xi)           (xii)     Direct          Indirect 
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 Ordinary A      67,129,754       67,129,754          67,631,077     67,631,077                (94.22%) 
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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 
                                          Exercise/                        acquired if the 
 Type of financial       Expiration        Conversion Period               instrument is                  % of voting 
  instrument              date (xiii)      (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                                          Conversion         Number of voting 
 financial         Exercise       Expiration      period              rights instrument             % of voting rights 
 instrument         price          date (xvii)    (xviii)             refers to                      (xix, 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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 67,631,077                                                        94.22% 
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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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