10 Jun 2014 07:50
PURECIRCLE LIMITED
("PureCircle" or "the Company")
Notification of a Major Interest
PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia ingredients has today been notified by one of its substantial shareholders, Wang Tak Company Limited (which includes the holdings of Mr. Tan Boon Seng), that following recent purchases of PureCircle shares from the open market, their total interest held in the Company has increased to 37,880,600 shares representing 23.00% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).
Wang Tak Company Limited ("Wang Tak") holds 36,971,047 of these shares and Mr. Tan holds 909,553. Mr. Tan is a director of Wang Tak (a company wholly owned by Lee Hing Development Limited where he is a substantial shareholder).
The average price of these purchases since the last notification is GBP6.09.
10 June 2014
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