ARE.L Regulatory News (ARE)

8 Aug 2007 15:37

Arena Leisure PLC08 August 2007 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer|Arena Leisure plc ||of existing shares to which voting rights are | ||attached: | |+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+|2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |Yes |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in |No ||the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are | ||attached | |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |No |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+|Other (please specify):______________ |No |+------------------------------------------+------------------------------+------------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to |ABN AMRO BANK N.V London Branch ||notification obligation: | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | ||different from 3): | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|5. Date of transaction (and date on which |7 August 2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: |8 August 2007 |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|7. | ||Threshold(s) | ||that is/are | ||crossed or | ||reached: | 3% |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+----------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+|Class/type|Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ||of shares |to the triggering | || |transaction | |+----------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+|If | | ||possible +---------+---------+----------+----------------------+----------------------+|use ISIN |Number of|Number of|Number of |Number of voting |Percentage of voting ||code |shares |voting |shares |rights |rights || | |rights | +-----------+----------+-----------+----------+| | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+----------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+|5p Ords | | |22,000,000|22,000,000 | | 6.04% | |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|GB0000219260 |+----------+---------+---------+---------+--+-------+-+----------+---------+-+----------++----------+---------+---------+---------+--+-------+-+----------+---------+-+----------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+--------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+--------------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |No. of voting |Percentage of ||financial |date |conversion |rights that may be |voting rights ||instrument | |period/date |acquired (if the | || | | |instrument | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted) | |+--------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+--------------+| | | | | |+--------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+--------------+|Total (A+B) |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+| 22,000,000 | 6.04% |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the ||financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|N/A |+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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: |Bob Mercer |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|15. Contact | ||telephone | ||name: |020 7495 2277 |+--------------+--------------+---------+-----+-------------------+--------------++--------------+--------------+---------+-----+-------------------+--------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange