11 Mar 2013 16:44
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
("GPG" or the "Company")
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
GPG announces it has been notified by Soros Fund Management LLC ("Soros") that the investment in GPG made by Soros on behalf of Quantum Strategic Partners Ltd, being 133,201,970 shares in GPG, now equates to 9.01% of the Company's total voting rights.
Chris Healy
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: +44 20 7484 3370
11 March 2013
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