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RNS Number : 8212H

Plant Health Care PLC

22 August 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                                     Plant Health Care Plc 
  the 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 
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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                                              Shares acquired under the company's       X 
  specify):                                                 placing and open offer. 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                             Richard Griffiths and controlled 
  subject to the                                                                           undertakings 
  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                                                              19 August 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                                 22 August 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                  > 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 
  crossed or                                                                        27, 28, 29, 30, 31% 
  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 
  of             to the triggering                 triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number           Number           Number         Number of                    % of voting 
                 of               of               of shares      voting                       rights (x) 
                 Shares           Voting                          rights 
                                  Rights 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                  Direct         Direct         Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                  (xi)           (xii) 
-------------      -----------    -----------    -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 GB00B01JC540 
  Ordinary 
  1p            15,047,415       15,047,415       46,929,262     46,929,262                   31.75% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                       Number of voting               % of voting 
 financial           date           Conversion                      rights that                    rights 
 instrument          (xiii)         Period (xiv)                    may 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          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/        Number of voting               % of voting 
 financial         price         date           Conversion        rights instrument              rights (xix, 
 instrument                      (xvii)         period            refers to                      xx) 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 46,929,262                                         31.75% 
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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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   Blake Holdings 
     Limited                    25,362,429 
    Seren Capital Management 
     Limited                    19,697,795 
    Oak Trust Limited              238,949 
    Richard Griffiths 
     direct holdings               868,806 
    Richard Griffiths 
     indirect holdings             761,283 
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    Total                       46,929,262 
                               ----------- 
 
 
 
   The above undertakings are all controlled by Richard 
   Griffiths. 
 
 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:                                              James Sutcliffe 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                     01534 719761 
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