Last checked at 31 Mar 2009 15:15
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Clarkson Plc | ||
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | x | ||
| 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):______________ | |||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | CRE Capital LLC and CRE Fiduciary Services Inc. | ||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | n/a | ||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 27 March 2009 | ||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 30 March 2009 | ||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Reached 3% | ||
| 8: Notified Details | ||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||
| Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct |
Indirect | |||||||
| Ordinary 25p GB0002018363 | 560,000 | 560,000 | 585,000 | 585,000 | 3.1% | |||||
| B: Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
| n/a | ||||
| Total (A+B) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 585,000 | 3.1% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| 185,000 Shares (0.98)% are held by CRE Capital LLC. 400,000 Shares (2.12%) are held by CRE Fiduciary Services Inc., as trustee of the CRE Trust. Christian Eisenbeiss controls CRE Capital LLC and is the primary beneficiary and investment adviser of the CRE Trust. |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | n/a |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | n/a |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | n/a |
| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights of 18,875,506 |
| 14 Contact name: | CRE - Sandra Viana, Withers Bergman LLP, 430 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY10022 Clarkson PLC - Steve Deasey |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | CRE - Sandra Viana: +1 212 848 9830 Clarkson PLC - Steve Deasey +44 20 7334 3171 |