Young & Co's Brewery Regulatory News (YNGA)

16 Mar 2007 15:51

Notification of major interests in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and 5.8.12R(2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to 'A' ordinary sharesof 50p each in Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (ISIN: GB0009882035) (the"Company") Pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and 5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and TransparencyRules, we, Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C., advise receipt of the followingnotifications on 16 March 2007 from: 1. James Young: "Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the acquisition of voting rights that will take effect upon registration of the grant of probate relating to the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased sent to you under separate cover, I, James Guillaume Allen Young, hereby notify you that: A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 1,288,717 voting rights in the Company, being 17.74% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 1,054,675 voting rights being 14.51% of the voting rights; B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 1,157,757 voting rights in the Company, being 15.93% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 1,005,083 voting rights, being 13.83% of the voting rights; and C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 130,960 voting rights in the Company, being 1.80% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 49,592 voting rights being 0.68% of the voting rights. Of those: -- 151,576 are held by me directly as a result of 151,576 'A' Shares being registered in my name; -- 1,006,181 are held by me directly as a result of: (a) 804,183 A Shares being registered in the joint names of the late John Allen Young, Thomas fflorance Barrow Young and me; (b) 40,637 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Helena Elizabeth Maitland Young and me; (c) 8,687 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young and me; (d) 152,674 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Charles Attlee, Andrew Brooke and me (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased); -- 49,592 are held by me as a result of my holding the following financial instruments namely options over 49,592 A Shares under the Company's unapproved executive share option scheme, which options are exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2008; and -- 81,368 are held by me as a result of the following financial instruments being exercisable by Charles Attlee, Andrew Brooke and me (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased) namely options over 81,368 A Shares under the Company's unapproved executive share option scheme, which options are exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2007. Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company." 2. Charles Attlee: "Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the acquisition of voting rights that will take effect upon registration of the grant of probate relating to the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased sent to you under separate cover, I, Charles Attlee, hereby notify you that: A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 234,042 voting rights in the Company, being 3.22% of the voting rights; B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 152,674 voting rights in the Company, being 2.10% of the voting rights; and C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 81,368 voting rights in the Company, being 1.12% of the voting rights. Of those: • 152,674 are held by me directly as a result of 152,674 A Shares being registered in the joint names of me, Andrew Brooke and James Guillaume Allen Young (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased); • 81,368 are held by me as a result of the following financial instruments being exercisable by me, Andrew Brooke and James Guillaume Allen Young (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased) namely options over 81,368 A Shares under the Company's unapproved executive share option scheme, which options are exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2007. Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company." 3. Andrew Brooke: "Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the acquisition of voting rights that will take effect upon registration of the grant of probate relating to the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased sent to you under separate cover, I, Andrew Brooke, hereby notify you that: A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 234,042 voting rights in the Company, being 3.22% of the voting rights; B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 152,674 voting rights in the Company, being 2.10% of the voting rights; and C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 81,368 voting rights in the Company, being 1.12% of the voting rights. Of those: • 152,674 are held by me directly as a result of 152,674 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Charles Attlee, me and James Guillaume Allen Young (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased); • 81,368 are held by me as a result of the following financial instruments being exercisable by Charles Attlee, me and James Guillaume Allen Young (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased) namely options over 81,368 A Shares under the Company's unapproved executive share option scheme, which options are exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2007. Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company." Dennis Read Company Secretarial Administrator 16 March 2007 Copyright Business Wire 2007