Holding(s) in Company
Young & Co's Brewery PLC
Notification relating to major interests in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and
5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to 'A' ordinary
shares of 50p each in Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (ISIN: GB0009882035) (the
"Company")
Following the sale (at 2820p per share) on 26 March 2007 of 35,586 of the A
ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company's capital registered in the names of
the executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased and pursuant to AIM
Rule 17 and 5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company
advises receipt of the following notifications on 29 March 2007 from:
1. Charles Attlee:
"Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following a
disposal of 35,586 voting rights, I, Charles Attlee, hereby notify you that:
A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments) 198,456 voting rights in the Company, being 2.73% of the voting
rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 234,042 voting
rights being 3.22% of the voting rights;
B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes
holdings of financial instruments)) 117,088 voting rights in the Company, being
1.61% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I
held 152,674 voting rights being 2.10% of the voting rights; and
C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 81,368 voting
rights in the Company, being 1.12% of the voting rights, which has not changed
since my last notification.
Of those:
â— 117,088 are held by me directly as a result of 117,088 A Shares being
registered in the joint names of me, Andrew Brooke and James Guillaume Allen
Young (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased);
â— 81,368 are held by me as a result of the following financial instruments being
exercisable by me, Andrew Brooke and James Guillaume Allen Young (as executors
of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased) namely options over 81,368 A Shares
under the Company's unapproved executive share option scheme, which options are
exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2007.
Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same
meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A'
ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company."
2. Andrew Brooke:
"Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following a
disposal of 35,586 voting rights, I, Andrew Brooke, hereby notify you that:
A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments) 198,456 voting rights in the Company, being 2.73% of the voting
rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 234,042 voting
rights being 3.22% of the voting rights;
B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes
holdings of financial instruments)) 117,088 voting rights in the Company, being
1.61% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I
held 152,674 voting rights being 2.10% of the voting rights; and
C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 81,368 voting
rights in the Company, being 1.12% of the voting rights, which has not changed
since my last notification.
Of those:
â— 117,088 are held by me directly as a result of 117,088 A Shares being
registered in the joint names of Charles Attlee, me and James Guillaume Allen
Young (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased);
â— 81,368 are held by me as a result of the following financial instruments being
exercisable by Charles Attlee, me and James Guillaume Allen Young (as executors
of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased) namely options over 81,368 A Shares
under the Company's unapproved executive share option scheme, which options are
exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 16 September 2007.
Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same
meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A'
ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company."
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Dennis Read
Company Secretarial Administrator
30 March 2007
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