ARE.L Regulatory News (ARE)

7 Aug 2007 09:46

Arena Leisure PLC07 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 |Guild Ventures Ltd ||notification obligation: | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if |N/A ||different from 3): | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|5. Date of transaction (and date on which |3 August 2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: |3 August 2007 |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |From 11.19% to 0% ||reached: | |+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+|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 |40,767,217|40,767,217| 0| 0| 0| 0%| 0%|+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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 |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+| 0 | 0 |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|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: |N/A |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|11. Number of voting rights proxy |N/A ||holder will cease to hold: | |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will |N/A ||cease to hold voting rights: | |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|13. Additional information: |Both Guild Ventures Ltd and the acquirer|| |of the shares, Coatbridge Ltd, are || |ultimately owned by the Hemmings family || |interests. |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+| |Together with the interests of Rumney || |Manor Ltd, the total Hemmings family || |interests of 41.09% remain unchanged. |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|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