18 Mar 2009 12:00
18 March 2009
Earthport plc ("Earthport") or ("the Company")
Change of Major Interest in Shares
The Board of Earthport has been notified that Schroder Investment Management Limited has a holding of 4,286,947 10p Ordinary Shares in the Company being 5.24% of the issued share capital of the Company and therefore notifiable.
The Company's issued share capital consists of 81,839,422 Ordinary Shares with nominal value of 10 pence each, with voting rights.
This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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For further details, please contact:
| Earthport plc Mike Harrison, Executive Chairman James Bergman, Chief Executive Officer
| +44 (0)20 7220 9700 |
| Cenkos Securities plc Nicholas Wells / Elizabeth Bowman Andy Roberts
| +44 (0)20 7397 8900 |
| Financial Dynamics Jonathon Brill / Alex Beagley / Laura Proudlock | +44 (0)20 7831 3113 |
About Earthport
Earthport (www.earthport.com) specialises in the international transactional marketplace by providing a highly secure, high volume global collection and payment capability. It has been making national and international payments and collections since 1998.
Earthport owns, provides and hosts an international money movement platform called the Universal Payments Network. Using this platform, Earthport makes secure, low cost international bank payments and collections worldwide.