Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

 

Fidelity European Values PLC

 

2. Reason for the notification                                            State
                                                                          Yes/ 
                                                                           No  
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                Yes 
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in    No  
the                                                                            
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached       
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           No  
                                                                               
Other (please specify):  Reduction in issued total voting rights caused    Yes 
by company share repurchase                                                    
                                                                               

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification            FIL Limited   
obligation (iii):                                                   (FIL)      
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):      See schedule  
                                                                    below      
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is   2 June 2010   
crossed                                                                        
or reached if different) (v):                                                  
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                3 June 2010   
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                      26%       
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               

 

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering   
   shares        the Triggering                   transaction (vii)              
 if possible    transaction (vi)                                                 
  using the                                                                      
  ISIN CODE                                                                      
                                                                                 
                Number     Number     Number    Number of voting    % of voting  
                  of         of         of        rights (ix)         rights     
                Shares     Voting     shares                                     
                           Rights                                                
                           (viii)                                                
                                                                                 
                                      Direct   Direct   Indirect  Direct Indirect
                                                 (x)      (xi)                   
                                                                                 
  Fidelity    12,989,415 12,989,415 12,986,355 112,379 12,873,976 0.22%   25.77% 
  European                                                                       
 Values PLC                                                                      
   (ISIN -                                                                       
GB0003375820)                                                                    
  - Ord GBP                                                                      
    0.25                                                                         
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 

 

B: Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 

    Type of     Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting       % of   
   financial       date       Conversion        rights that may be     voting  
  instrument      (xiii)     Period/ Date        acquired if  the      rights  
                                 (xiv)              instrument                 
                                              is exercised/converted           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

 

Total (A+B)                               
                                          
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
                                          
12,986,355              25.99%            
                                          

 

 

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

See schedule below
                  

 

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                  FIL Limited     
                                                               (FIL)           
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:   3,0600          
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting       02/06/2010      
rights:                                                                        
                                                                               

 

13. Additional information:   I                                         
                                                                        
14. Contact name:             Subha Ravindran:  [e-mail]
                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                           
                                                                        

 

 

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)


A: Identity of the person or legal                                             
entity subject to the notification                                             
obligation                                                                     
                                                                               
Full name (including legal form for      FIL Limited (FIL)                     
legal entities)                                                                
                                                                               
Contact address (registered office for   Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Pembroke,
legal entities)                          HM19 Bermuda                          
                                                                               
Phone number                                                                   
                                                                               
Other useful information (at least legal                                       
representative for legal persons)                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
B: Identity of the notifier, if                                                
applicable (xvii)                                                              
                                                                               
Full name                                Rebecca Burtonwood                    
                                                                               
                                         For and on behalf of FIL Investments  
                                         International                         
                                                                               
Contact address                          Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower
                                         Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB  
                                                                               
Phone number                             01737 836 869                         
                                                                               
Other useful information (e.g.                                                 
functional relationship with the person                                        
or legal entity subject to the                                                 
notification obligation)                                                       
                                                                               

 

C:  Additional information

 

Indirect holdings relate to the Fidelity managed ISA and savings plan holdings 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Schedule                                                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Issuer name: FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC                                      
                                                                               
Current ownership percentage: 25.99%                                           
                                                                               
Total shares held: 12,986,355                                                  
                                                                               
Issued share capital: 49,949,656                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment     
Services (UK) Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea)   
Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL   
Pensions Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments
International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment         
companies and institutional clients.                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
BBHISL Nominees Limited 112,379 shares (direct)                                
                                                                               
FIL Nominee (Shareholdings) Ltd GENPEP 9,577,933 shares (indirect)             
                                                                               
Puddledock Nominees Limited - 3,277,746 shares (indirect)                      
                                                                               
JPMorgan, Bournemouth 18,297 shares (indirect)                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

 

Notes

 

i.           This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to
be filed with the competent authority.

ii.          Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for
identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.

iii.         This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the
person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases
provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h);  (c) all the parties to the agreement
referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights
are attached, as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:

-           in the circumstances foreseen in  DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that
acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement
and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding
the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a
life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting
rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting
rights when the life interest is created;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent
undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level
under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of
the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares
deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing
the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person  that
controls the voting rights;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if
he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who
has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the
voting rights at his discretion.

iv.         Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This
should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments
who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in
DTR5.2.

v.          The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an
on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in
the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an
agreement. 

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect
(see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event
took effect. [DEL::DEL]

These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.

vi.         Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous
notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was
below 3%, please state 'below 3%'.

vii.        If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is less than 3%.

For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii.            Direct and indirect

ix          In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached
'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is
no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

x           Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying
party is a direct shareholder  (DTR 5.1)

xi.             Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect
shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)

xii          If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%.

xiii         date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the
date when the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv            If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the
period- for example once every three months starting from the [date]

xv.         The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should
also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking
holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi.         This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii.        Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3.