Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMPCX 
 
RNS Number : 5037E 
Principle Capital Holdings S.A. 
21 December 2009 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           | Principle Capital     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                | Holdings S.A.         | 
| 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                                |         | 
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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  |    x    | 
| 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)        |                 QVT Financial LP                  | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |                    QVT Fund LP                    | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |               Quintessence Fund LP                | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                 16 December 2009                  | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                 18 December 2009                  | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                        11%                        | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| 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 of  | Situation previous                          | Resulting situation after the triggering                                      | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transaction                                                                   | 
| if possible    | transaction                                 |                                                                               | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                               | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                               | 
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|                | Number               | Number               | Number            | Number               | % of voting rights x               | 
|                | of                   | of                   | of                | of                   |                                    | 
|                | Shares               | Voting               | shares            | voting               |                                    | 
|                |                      | Rights               |                   | rights               |                                    | 
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|                |                      |                      | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
|                |                      |                      |                   |           | xii      |                        |           | 
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| LU0203938583   |                      |                      |                   |           |          |                        |           | 
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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                       | rights that may                   | rights       | 
|                              |                         | Period xiv                       | be                                |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | 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                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii         | Conversion           | rights instrument         | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                   | period               | refers to                 |                               | 
|                           |           |                   | xviii                |                           |                               | 
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| CFD                       |           |                   |                      | 1,873,758                 | Nominal              | Delta  | 
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|                           |           |                   |                      |                           | 10.05%               |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                       | Percentage of voting rights                                  | 
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| 1,873,758                                                                     | 10.05%                                                       | 
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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:                          | Meg Nowicki                         | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | [phone]                   | 
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