Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 4055M 
Petards Group PLC 
24 May 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |                   Petards Group plc | 
| 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                              |   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   |                        Water Hall Group plc | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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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 |                                 21 May 2010 | 
| on                                  |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                 21 May 2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | Shareholding increased from 7.3% to 13.27%  | 
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| 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        |                                                  |                                                                                                    | 
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|             | Number                      | Number             | Number                 | Number                | % of  voting rights x                             | 
|             | of                          | of                 | of shares              | of                    |                                                   | 
|             | Shares                      | Voting             |                        | voting                |                                                   | 
|             |                             | Rights             |                        | rights                |                                                   | 
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|             |                             |                    | Direct                 | Direct xi  | Indirect | Direct                            | Indirect      | 
|             |                             |                    |                        |            | xii      |                                   |               | 
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| Ordinary    | 46,500,000                  | 46,500,000         | 84,500,000             | 84,500,000 |          | 13.27%                            |               | 
| shares      |                             |                    |                        |            |          |                                   |               | 
+-------------+                             +                    +                        +            +          +                                   +               + 
|             |                             |                    |                        |            |          |                                   |               | 
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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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| 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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| 84,500,000                                                                            | 13.27%                                                                      | 
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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:                    |                              | 
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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:                    |                         Raschid Abdullah | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |                             01483 452333 | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer             | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share                            | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification     | 
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| Full name                           |                                      | 
| (including legal form of legal      |                                      | 
| entities)                           |                                      | 
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| Contact address                     |                                      | 
| (registered office for legal        |                                      | 
| entities)                           |                                      | 
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| Phone number & email                |                                      | 
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| Other useful information            |                                      | 
| (at least legal representative for  |                                      | 
| legal persons)                      |                                      | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                 | 
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| Full name                           |                                      | 
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| Contact address                     |                                      | 
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| Phone number & email                |                                      | 
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| Other useful information            |                                      | 
| (e.g. functional relationship with  |                                      | 
| the person or legal entity subject  |                                      | 
| to the notification obligation)     |                                      | 
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| C: Additional information                                                  | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.         | 
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