Closure of Equity Placing

12 Dec 2006 09:49

Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC12 December 2006 Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC ("Advent" or the "Company") For publication in the United Kingdom only. Not for release, publication or distribution in or into any other jurisdiction including, but not limited to,the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Republic of Ireland or Japan Closure of equity placing and disclosure of significant shareholders Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC, the specialist Lloyd's insurer, today reportsthat the equity Placing announced on 7 December 2006 has closed and the sharesadmitted to AIM. Consequent upon the additional listing the major shareholders in Advent are:- Shareholding % Fairfax Financial Holdings 180,766,114 44.46% Phoenix Asset Management 71,445,375 17.57% Amber Capital 29,240,906 7.19% Avenir Corporation 29,199,093 7.18% Zenith Insurance Company 22,065,644 5.43% Peter Cundhill & Associates (Bermuda) Ltd 20,217,600 4.97% Brian Caudle 15,708,373 3.86% Brascan Asset Management 13,490,720 3.32% 12 December 2006 Advent Capital HoldingsKeith Thompson 020 7743 8200Chief Operating Officer Trevor Ambridge 020 7743 8200Chief Financial Officer Neil Ewing 020 7743 8250Investor Relations Pelham Public RelationsJames Henderson 020 7743 6673Gavin Davis 020 7743 6677 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange