Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMWEST 
 
RNS Number : 5247T 
Western & Oriental plc 
29 September 2010 
 

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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |    Western & Oriental Plc     | 
| underlying 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                    |    Yes    | 
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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 |       Credit Agricole Cheuvreux        | 
| to the                            |           International Ltd            | 
| 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    |              27/09/2010                | 
| date on                           |                                        | 
| which the threshold is crossed or |                                        | 
| reached: v                        |                                        | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: |              29/09/2010                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are       |                  6%                    | 
| 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   | Situation previous                      | Resulting situation after the triggering                            | 
| of           | to the triggering                       | transaction                                                         | 
| shares       | transaction                             |                                                                     | 
| if           |                                         |                                                                     | 
| possible     |                                         |                                                                     | 
| using        |                                         |                                                                     | 
| the ISIN     |                                         |                                                                     | 
| CODE         |                                         |                                                                     | 
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|              | Number                | Number          | Number            | Number of voting      | % of  voting            | 
|              | of                    | of              | of                | rights                | rights x                | 
|              | Shares                | Voting          | shares            |                       |                         | 
|              |                       | Rights          |                   |                       |                         | 
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|              |                       |                 | Direct            | Direct     | Indirect | Direct       | Indirect | 
|              |                       |                 |                   | xi         | xii      |              |          | 
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| GB00B104S049 | 21,331,905            | 21,331,905      | 21,581,905        | 21,581,905 |          | 6.00%        |          | 
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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     | 
| instrument                        | date xiii      | Conversion Period             | rights that may              | voting   | 
|                                   |                | xiv                           | be                           | rights   | 
|                                   |                |                               | 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                     | Exercise      | Expiration      | Exercise/  | Number of             | % of voting             | 
| financial                   | price         | date xvii       | Conversion | voting rights         | rights xix, xx          | 
| instrument                  |               |                 | period     | instrument            |                         | 
|                             |               |                 | xviii      | refers to             |                         | 
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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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| 21,581,905                                                                 | 6.00%                                           | 
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|              |              |     |  |      |      |   |      |            |       |    |          |              |  |       | 
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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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| SAS Rue La Boétie                                                        | 
| Crédit Agricole SA                                                       | 
| Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA                           | 
| Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA                                             | 
| Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited            21,581,905    | 
| (6.00%)                                                                  | 
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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:                    |          Simon Watkins            | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |          020 7821 4072            | 
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