10 Nov 2009 09:59
| For immediate release | 10 November 2009 |
White Young Green plc
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
| TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: | White Young Green plc | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes) | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | YES | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 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 the notification obligationiii: | Barclays PLC | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd Gerrard Investment Management Ltd | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reachedv: | 06 November 2009 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 09 November 2009 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 6% to 7% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transactionvi | Resulting situation after the triggering transactionviii | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct x | Indirect xi | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| GB0003869152 | 3,672,147 | 3,672,147 | 3,711,887 | 0 | 3,711,887 | 0.00 | 7.01 | |||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiii | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration datexiii | Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 3,711,887 | 7.01 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexv: | ||
| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd Gerrard Investment Management Ltd | ||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the 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: |
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| 14. Contact name: | Geoff Smith | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 116 2913 | |