10 Aug 2009 15:05
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
| Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | N Brown Group PLC |
| 2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
| 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 | no | |
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
| Other (please specify): |
| no |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Standard Life Investments Ltd |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Vidacos Nominees |
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 7 August 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 August 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 7% |
| 8: Notified Details | ||||
| Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
| Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB00B1P6ZR11 | |||
| Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
| 20,255,163 | 20,255,163 | |||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
| 18,716,417 | 9,194,591 | 9,521,826 | 3.330% | 3.449% |
| Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage 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 | |
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| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 18,716,417 | 6.779% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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| 13. Additional information: |
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| 14. Contact name(s): | investments_mo@standardlife.com Standard Life Investments Ltd OR P F Harland, Company Secretary, N Brown Group plc |
| 15. Contact telephone number(s): | (0131) 245 6565 for Standard Life Investments Ltd OR 0161 238 2298 for N Brown Group |
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