Holding(s) in Company

Conygar Investment Company PLC(The)
08 May 2008


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of         The Conygar Investment Company PLC
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

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):Change in Issued Share Capital                                   X


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification    Funds under the discretionary management of
obligation:                                          Laxey Partners Limited


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Credit Suisse Client Nominees UK Ltd and Vidacos
3):                                                  Nominees Limited


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the        30 April 2008
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                    06 May 2008




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

                                                     11.35% on 1 May 2007




8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares          triggering transaction
                Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
If possible use shares       voting       shares                               rights
ISIN code                    rights

                                                       Direct      Indirect    Direct       Indirect

GB0033698720    4,558,698    4,558,698    4,558,698    4,558,698               10.95%


B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired  rights
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)







Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

4,558,698 shares                                     10.95%




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



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:







Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer


Annex: Notification of major interests in shares




A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name                                            Laxey Partners Limited

(including legal form of legal entities)


Contact address                                      The Old Chapel, Summerhill Road

(registered office for legal entities)               Onchan, Isle of Man, IM3 1NA


Phone number & email                                 + 44 (0) 1624 690900


Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)




B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                            As above


Contact address


Phone number & email


Other useful information



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


C: Additional information





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