21 Dec 2009 09:36
| TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Origo Partners plc |
| 2. Reason for notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |
| 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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
| Other (please specify): Merger | X |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: | Wellington Management Company, LLP |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | BBH ISL Nominees Ltd Goldman Sachs International |
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 16 December 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 18 December 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5% |
| 8: Notified Details | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
| IM00B1G3MS122 Ordinary Shares | 3,495,700 | 3,495,700 | 4,367,032 | 4,367,032 | 1.98% | ||
| B: 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 |
| Warrant | 21 December 2006 | 1,445,900 | 0.66% | |
| 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/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights | |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 5,812,932 ( 4,367,032 Ordinary Shares shares and 1,445,900 Warrants or 5,812,932 votes on a converted basis) | 2.64% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| BBH ISL Nominees Ltd 86,560 shares Goldman Sachs International 5,726,372 shares |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of 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: | |
| 14 Contact name: | Robert J. Toner |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | (617) 790-7084 |
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