17 Dec 2009 07:00
PureCircle Limited
("PureCircle or "the Company")
Significant Shareholders and Notifiable Interest
PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer of Natural High Intensity Sweeteners, including Reb A, has today been notified by its substantial shareholder, Olam Wilmar Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd. that it had transferred its existing shares to Olam International Limited ("Olam"), and to Wii Pte Ltd.
Olam, which jointly controls Olam Wilmar Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd. with Wilmar International Limited, has an existing direct shareholding in PureCircle of 4,000,000 shares, or 2.61% of the issued share capital.
Wii Pte. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilmar International Limited.
Following the transfers, the changes to the notifiable interests are as follows:
| Name | Number of shares | % shareholding |
| | | |
| Olam International Limited | 17,272,304 | 11.3 |
| Wii Pte. Ltd. | 13,272,305 | 8.7 |
| Enquiries: | |
| PureCircle Limited (www.purecircle.com) |
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| Magomet Malsagov, CEO | +60 1 2388 8049 |
| William Mitchell, CFO | +44 7974 005 163 |
| RFC Corporate Finance (NOMAD) | +61 8 9480 2500 |
| Steve Allen | |
| Westport Communications | +44 20 7065 2690 |
| Alan Frame | alan@westportcomms.com |
| Jeanette Bishop | jeanette@westportcomms.com |
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