Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3114Y

Creston PLC

03 July 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Creston Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________	X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	1st July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3rd July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Holding above 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004440284	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,850,000	N/A	5.12%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,850,000	5.12%

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 2,850,000 (5.12%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
14 Contact name:
15. Contact telephone name:

ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

A Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation.

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)              BlackRock, Inc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)            33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AS

Phone number:                                                                    0131 472 7472

Other useful information (at least legal

representative for legal persons)                                          Louise Lyle

 

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