Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                       Chesnara plc            
issuer of existing shares to which voting                                      
rights are attached: ii                                                        

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                              Barclays PLC               
the notification obligation: iii                                               
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                           Barclays Bank PLC            
different from 3.):iv                                                          
                                                 Barclays Global Investors Ltd      
                                                                               
                                                     Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd        
                                                                               
                                             Gerrard Investment Management Ltd    
                                                                               
                                               Wallbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd     
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction and date                          07 September 2009            
on which the threshold is crossed or                                           
reached: v                                                                     
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                            08 September 2009            
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                   Below Notifiable % to 5%         
or reached: vi, vii                                                            

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of Situation previous                  Resulting situation after           
shares         to the triggering                             the triggering                
                     transaction                                transaction                  
                                                                                
if possible     Number    Number    Number        Number of     % of voting   
using               of        of        of           voting          rights      
the ISIN CODE   Shares    Voting    shares           rights                        
                          Rights                                                 
                                                                                
                                           Direct  Indirect Direct Indirect
                                                                                
GB00B00FPT80 1,384,276 1,384,276 5,077,230      0 5,077,230   0.00     5.00  
                                                                                
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                             
                                                                                
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            
                                                                                
Type of financial Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting   % of voting 
   instrument     date xiii  Conversion Period  rights that may be    rights    
                                    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 Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting    % of voting   
  financial     price   date xvii  Conversion rights instrument  rights xix, xx 
  instrument                         period       refers to                     
                                     xviii                                      
                                                                                
                                                                Nominal   Delta 
                                                                                

Total (A+B+C)                                                                  
                                                                               
        Number of voting rights               Percentage of voting rights      
                                                                               
                      5,077,230                                      5.00                  

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                 
                                                                               
Barclays Bank PLC                                                              
                                                                               
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                                  
                                                                               
Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd                                                      
                                                                               
Gerrard Investment Management Ltd                                              
                                                                               
Wallbrook Trustees (Jersey) Ltd                                                

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:                                                   Geoff Smith              
                                                                              
15. Contact telephone number:                                     020 7116 2913