Notifiable Interest

    RNS Number : 1005H
  Plantic Technologies Limited
  30 October 2008
   
    30 OCTOBER 2008
    Plantic Technologies Limited

    Disclosure of Holdings


 TR-1:     NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    Plantic Technologies Limited
 issuer of existing shares to which voting
 rights are attached:

 2. Reason for the Notification -(please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              yes

 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may             no
 result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting
 rights are attached

 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                          no

 Other (please specify):                                                   no

 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                    HBOS plc
 notification obligation:

 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different             See Section 9
 from 3.):

 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which           24 October 2008
 the threshold is crossed or reached if
 different):

 6. Date on which issuer notified:                       28 October 2008

 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                Increase to above 5%
 reached                                                Direct / Indirect

 8. Notified details:

 A: Voting rights attached to shares
 Class/type of shares            Situation previous to the Triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                 transaction 

 If possible using the ISIN
 CODE
                                 Number of Shares      Number of Voting      Number of shares  Number of voting       % of voting
                                                       Rights                                  rights                 rights
                                                                             Direct            Direct     Indirect    Direct  Indirect

 Ord NPV Shares                  N/A                   N/A                   1,893,861         1,893,861  2,426,034   2.374%  3.041%
 ISIN
 AU0000XINEG8

      
 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date   Exercise /            Number of voting      % of voting rights
                                                 Conversion Period /   rights that may be
                                                 Date                  acquired if the
                                                                       instrument is
                                                                       exercised /
                                                                       converted.
 N/A

 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights  % of voting rights

 4,319,895                5.416%


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

 Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited* ('IIMGL') - (Indirect) - 3,867,683 (4.849%)
 IIMGL manages holdings on behalf of other third parties external to the HBOS Group under various discretionary management
 agreements.
 (* - wholly owned subsidiaries of HBOS plc.)

 Proxy Voting 

 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                             N/A

 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                                              N/A

 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                                          N/A

 13. Additional information:                             Notification using the total voting rights figure of
                                                                              79,764,753


    Further Information:

    Plantic Technologies Limited:

 Brendan Morris, Chief Executive Officer  [phone]

    Nomura Code Securities Limited:

 Juliet Thompson  [phone]

    Pelham PR:

 Archie Berens  [phone] 



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