10 Aug 2009 10:53
| 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: | Hansteen Holdings Plc | ||
| 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 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: | Taube Hodson Stonex Partners LLP | ||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | - | ||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 6th August 2009 | ||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 07th August 2009 | ||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5% | ||
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GB00B0PPFY88 | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Number of shares 24,779,669 | Number of voting rights 24,779,669 | Number of shares 16,231,419 | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||
| Direct - | Indirect 16,231,419 | Direct - | Indirect 3.64% | ||||
| 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 |
| Total (A+B) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 16,231,419 | 3.64% |
| 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: | Taube Hodson Stonex Partners LLP ('THS') is a discretionary fund manager and does not invest on its own behalf but invests on behalf of its clients (that are large institutional funds i.e. Pension Funds, Unit trusts). THS controls the shares on the client's behalf. |
| 14 Contact name: | Kim van Tonder |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | 020 7659 4250 |