Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9460A

Guinness Peat Group PLC

16 October 2009

 



GUINNESS PEAT GROUP plc

ANNOUNCEMENT

Holdings in company

Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG") announces that on 15 October 2009 it received notification from two related shareholders clarifying their substantial shareholdings in GPG following a recent purchase of shares.

GPG is informed in the first notification that Tan Chin Tuan Limited ("TCTL") directly or indirectly holds the voting rights attached to 87,804,624 shares in GPG representing 5.4% of GPG's total issued share capital. GPG is informed in the second notification that of TCTL's voting rights attached to 87,804,624 shares in GPG, Dr Mrs Chew Kheng Lian Nee Tan Kheng Lian directly or indirectly holds the voting rights attached to 60,965,503 shares in GPG.

Both notifications state "Notification is being made pursuant to legal advice recently obtained regarding UK disclosure obligations" and "The total current holding has been built up through a number of transactions conducted over some decades which were not notified. Please note that records are only available for transactions since 1998."

C W Healy

Company Secretary 

Guinness Peat Group plc 

Tel: [phone]

16 October 2009

 

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