PHC.L Regulatory News (PHC)

19 Dec 2007 09:00

Plant Health Care PLC19 December 2007 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached (ii): PLANT HEALTH CARE 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: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify): () 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Registerd holder: CUIM Nominee Limited 61,265* * denotes direct interest Delta Lloyd Luxembourg Water & Climate Fund 146,000 Kadoorie McAuley International Limited 12,400 Ohra Milieutechnologie Fonds NV 132,500 Triodos Value Pioneer Fund 137,500 Vidacos Nominees Limited 1,838,816 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different) (v): 12 December 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 14 December 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 5% to 5% Change at Combined Interest level 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)possible using the ISINCODE Number of Number of shares voting Rights (viii) GB00B01JC540 Below 5% Below 5% Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)Class/type of Number of Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rightsshares if possible sharesusing the ISINCODE Direct Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect GB00B01JC540 61,265 61,265 2,267,216 0.14% 5.13% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument (xiii) Period/Date exercised/ converted. rights (xiv) Total (A+B) Number of % of voting voting rights rights 2,328,481 5.27% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable (xv): See Section 4 Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: See Section 4 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: Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 44,214,229. 14. Contact name: (i) Andrew Wood FCIS, Company Secretary (II) Tim Redfern, Evolution Securities Limited (iii) Jeremy Carey, Tavistock Communications 15. Contact telephone number: (i) +44 (0)20 8866 5702(ii) +44 (0)20 7071 4300(iii) +44 (0)20 7920 3150 Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities): Aviva plc Contact address (registered office for legal entities): St Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ Phone number: 01603 684420 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): Neil Whittaker B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name: Contact address: Phone number: Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legalentity subject to the notification obligation) END 19 December 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange