ADV.L Regulatory News (ADV)

8 Mar 2006 07:03

Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC08 March 2006 Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC ("Advent" or the "Company") Notification of Major Interests in Shares Pursuant to its announcement on 25 November 2005 of a proposed placing to raise£29.3 million net of expenses and its subsequent circular to shareholders of 9December 2005 providing notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting to seekapproval of various resolutions relating to the proposed placing, whichresolutions were duly approved on 5 January 2006, the Company confirms that itreceived the following notifications from shareholders: Shareholder Date of Number of Price of Date of Total number Percentage Notification Ordinary Ordinary acquisition of Ordinary Shares of 5p Shares Shares held of issued each acquired acquired Ordinary Share capitalPhoenix Asset 12 January 2006 50,000,000 20p 6 January 2006 71,428,571 19.33%ManagementPartners LtdPeter Cundill 9 January 2006 12,500,000 20p 6 January 2006 20,200,000 5.5%& Associates(Bermuda) Ltd 8 March 2006 Enquiries: AdventNeil Ewing Tel: 020 7743 8200 neil.ewing@adventgroup.co.uk Pelham Public RelationsCharles Vivian Tel: 020 7743 6672 charles.vivian@pelhampr.comGavin Davis Tel: 020 7743 6677 gavin.davis@pelhampr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange