Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1019Q

Connaught PLC

28 July 2010




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES¹

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ		CONNAUGHT PLC
2 Reason for the 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			YES
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:ⁱⁱⁱ	Toscafund Asset Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Tosca Mid Cap Fund DB Platinum Tosca Mid Cap Equity Fund
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	26/07/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28/07/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of

shares

if possible using

the 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

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration

date

Exercise/

Conversion Period

Number of voting

rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% 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

CFD

8,041,942

Nominal

Delta

5.753%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

8,041,942

5.753%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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 Lord
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7845 6100

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