19 October 2011
Northern Bear PLC
("Northern Bear" or the "Company")
Holdings in Company
The Company has been informed that, throughout the 17th and 18th October 2011, Mr. Roy Stanley acquired 680,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 11 pence per Ordinary Share, representing 3.81 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital currently trading on AIM.
Mr. Stanley is now interested in 896,500 Ordinary Shares representing 5.04 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital currently trading on AIM.
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For further information contact:
Northern Bear Plc
Steve Roberts - Chief Financial Officer +44 (0) 77 1047 3125
Strand Hanson Ltd
James Harris / James Spinney +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
Seymour Pierce Ltd
David Banks / Paul Jewell / Katie Ratner +44 (0) 20 7107 8000