JLH.L Regulatory News (JLH)

17 Mar 2008 10:41

John Lewis Of Hungerford PLC17 March 2008 TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1) Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: John Lewis of Hungerford Plc (2) Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights (Yes) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No) Other (please specify): - (3) Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: City Equities Limited (4) Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from (3)): - (5) Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different): 14 March 2008 (6) Date on which issuer notified: 14 March 2008 (7) Threshold that is crossed or reached: 5% to below 3% (8) Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the of shares Triggering transaction trigger transactionif possible Number of Number of Number of Number of % of votingusing the Shares Voting of Voting rightsISIN code Rights Shares Rights Common Stock Direct Indirect Direct IndirectGB0004773148 10,000,000 10,000,000 3,607,000 3,607,000 - 1.9% 0% B: Financial instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transactionType of Expiration Exercise / Number of voting rights that may % ofFinancial Date Conversion be acquired is the instrument is votingInstrument Period / Date exercised / converted rights Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights Nil Nil (9) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: N/A Proxy Voting: (10) Name of the proxy holder: N/A (11) Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold: N/A (12) Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to holding voting rights: N/A (13) Additional information: Having acquired 10,000,000 shares in the recent Placing, which were admitted totrading on AIM on 14 March 2008, 6,393,000 of these shares have been sold tocertain of our private customers, with City Equities Limited acting asPrincipal, as at 8.00am 14 March 2008. (14) Contact name: Jason Robertson (15) Contact number: 020-7489-5500 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange