Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5249K

Plant Health Care PLC

19 December 2008

 



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):

PLANT HEALTH CARE plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state 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: (Yes)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

  Other (please specify): (   )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

   Pictet Asset Management SA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

See above

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

   N/A

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18 December 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

  10%

8. Notified details:

Omission

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB00B01JC540	N/A	N/A

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
GB00B01JC540	0	0	4,535,900	0	9.7%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
4,535,900	9.7%

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

PF (Lux) - Water        4,350,900 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Pictet Asset Management SA

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

4,535,900

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

Omission

13. Additional information:

Omission

14. Contact name:

    (i)    Andrew Wood FCIS, Company Secretary

    (II)    Tim Redfern, Evolution Securities Limited

    (iii)    Jeremy Carey, Tavistock Communications

15. Contact telephone number:

• [phone]

• [phone]

• [phone]

Annex to 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 legal entities):

Pictet Asset Management SA

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Route des Acacias 60, 1211 Geneva 73, Switzerland

Phone number:

[phone]

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

David Cawthrow, Head of Compliance [phone]

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name:

N/A

Contact address:

N/A

Phone number:

N/A

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Omission

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