Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 8770R 
Petards Group PLC 
07 May 2009 
 

 
 
 
 
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                                  | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of  |    Petards Group Plc     | 
| existing shares to which voting rights are attached:   |                          | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                               | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            |   YES    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result   |          | 
| in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are |          | 
| attached                                                               |          | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                       |          | 
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| Other (please specify): Dilution due to share capital increase         |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   |              Barclays PLC                | 
| notification obligation:               |                                          | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |        Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd         | 
| different from 3):                     |    Gerrard Investment Management Ltd     | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    |              27 April 2009               | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                          | 
| reached if different):                 |                                          | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      |              28 April 2009               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |                6% to 5%                  | 
| reached:                               |                                          | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                                                                     | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                     | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous       | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          | 
| of shares    | to the triggering        |                                                                               | 
| If           | transaction              |                                                                               | 
| possible     |                          |                                                                               | 
| use ISIN     |                          |                                                                               | 
| code         |                          |                                                                               | 
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|              | Number of  | Number of   | Number of shares        | Number of voting       | Percentage of              | 
|              | shares     | voting      |                         | rights                 | voting rights              | 
|              |            | rights      |                         |                        |                            | 
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|              |            |             | Direct     | Indirect   | Direct    | Indirect   | Direct          | Indirect | 
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| GB0030040090 | 40,003,403 | 40,003,4003 | 0          | 37,728,054 | 0         | 37,728,054 | 0               | 5.93     | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage of | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that          | voting rights | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | may be               |               | 
|               |               |               | acquired (if         |               | 
|               |               |               | the                  |               | 
|               |               |               | instrument           |               | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |               | 
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| -             | -             | -             | -                    | -             | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
|                                                                             | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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| 37,728,054                           | 5.93                                 | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:              | 
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| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                                   | 
| Gerrard Investment Management Ltd                                           | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:            |                  -                   | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy    |                  -                   | 
| holder will cease to hold:           |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will  |                  -                   | 
| cease to hold voting rights:         |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                  -                   | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     |             Geoff Smith              | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |            020 7116 2913             | 
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