Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 0677K

Stobart Group Limited

12 December 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Stobart Group Limited
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
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 TO THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN ISSUE
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	INVESCO Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Registered Holder:
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	03 December 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04 December 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	26%, 27%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
				Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB00B03HDJ73	58,396,929	58,396,929	62,195,345		62,195,345		27.52%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
62,195,345	27.52%

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

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 538,017 JP Morgan Chase - 119,423 Citibank - 53,213,057 HSBC (London) - 999,939 Mellon Bank Pittsburgh - 646,852 State Street Trust & Banking London - 6,209,596 Northern Trust (London) - 468,461

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:
14. Contact name:	Elaine Coleman
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 417394

 

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