Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8632H

Carpathian PLC

03 June 2011

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Carpathian PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Weiss Asset Management LP
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Brookdale International Partners LP, Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund1
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		5/31/2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		6/2/2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		> 29%2

¹ Weiss Asset Management LP is the Investment Manager to Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund and Brookdale International Partners LP.

² This notification is submitted to the issuer due to an acquisition of shares causing the percentage of voting rights attached to shares to cross 20%. The total percentage of voting rights (A+B+C) remains greater than 29% and less than 30%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0B66533

46,147,032

46,147,032

46,621,232

46,621,232

n/a

20.08 %

n/a

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

23,000,000

Nominal

Delta

9.91

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

69,621,232

29.99 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Brookdale International Partners, L.P: 20.80 % Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 9.19 %
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	Please note: This Form TR-1 is not being filed with the FSA, and is being furnished to the issuer pursuant to paragraph 75.1.1 of the issuer's Articles of Association dated 6 August 2010
14. Contact name:	Georgiy Nikitin
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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