Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                          Chesnara Plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:ii                                                                 GB00B00FPT80
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            X
                                                                                        
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):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                  Commerzbank AG         
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                      Veer Palthe Voute NV      
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                           Kleinwort Benson Private Bank 
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                                       1 September 2009        
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       7 September 2009        
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                               5 %              
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
   

8. Notified details:                                                                          
                                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                  
                                                                                              
Class/type      Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
of               to the triggering                                                                
shares                 transaction                                                                      
                                                                                              
                 Number     Number     Number        Number of      % of voting rights x 
                                                        voting
if possible          of         of  of shares           rights                                     
using            Shares     Voting                                                           
the ISIN                    Rights     Direct    Direct xi   Indirect   Direct  Indirect    
CODE                                                           xii                            
                                                                                              
GB00B00FPT80 10,042,328 10,042,328   Below 5%     Below 5%   Below 5% Below 5% Below 5 %   
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                           
                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          
                                                                                              
Type of        Expiration       Exercise/           Number of voting            % of voting   
financial      date xiii        Conversion Period   rights that may be          rights        
instrument                      xiv                 acquired if the                           
                                                    instrument is                             
                                                    exercised/ converted.                     
                                                                                              
                                                                                             
                                                                                              
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                 
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                           
                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          
                                                                                              
Type of       Exercise price Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
financial                    date xvii  Conversion instrument refers to     xix, xx           
instrument                              period                                                
                                        xviii                                                 
                                                                                              
                                                                            Nominal Delta      
                                                                                               
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                 
                                                                                              
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights                  
                                                                                              

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                       
                                                                                        
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:                                Dresdner Kleinwort Media Relations Team
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                 020 7623 8000