Holding(s) in Company

29 Jun 2007 16:25

Arena Leisure PLC29 June 2007 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer|Arena Leisure plc ||of existing shares to which voting rights are | ||attached: | |+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+|2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |Yes |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in|No ||the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are | ||attached | |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |No |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|Other (please specify):______________ |No |+------------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to |Guild Ventures Ltd ||notification obligation: | |+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if |N/A ||different from 3): | |+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|5. Date of transaction (and date on which |29 June 2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: |29 June 2007 |+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |From 35.05% to 11.19% ||reached: | |+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+----------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Class/type|Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering ||of shares |to the triggering |transaction || |transaction | |+----------+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|If | | ||possible +---------+----------+---------+-------------------+--------------------+|use ISIN |Number of|Number of |Number of|Number of voting |Percentage of voting||code |shares |voting |shares |rights |rights || | |rights | +---------+---------+----------+---------+| | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+----------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+----------+---------+|5p Ords 127,663,217 127,663,217 40,767,217 40,767,217 0 11.19% 0 ||GB0000219260 |+----------+---------+----------+---------++-------++---------+---------++---------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+|Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |No. of voting rights that may |Percentage||financial |date |conversion |be acquired (if the instrument |of voting ||instrument | |period/date |exercised/converted) |rights |+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+| | | | | |+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+| 40,767,217 | 11.19% |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|N/A |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+|10. Name of proxy holder: |N/A |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |N/A |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |N/A |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ +--------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+|13. Additional|Both Guild Ventures Ltd and the acquirer of the shares, Rumney ||information: |Manor Ltd, are ultimately owned by the family interests of Mr. || |T.J. Hemmings |+--------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+|14 Contact |Bob Mercer ||name: | |+--------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+|15. Contact | ||telephone | ||name: |020 7495 2277 |+--------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange