Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9752J

Stobart Group Limited

09 April 2010

 

TR-1[i]:               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached[ii]:	Stobart Group Limited
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 financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) Increase in issued share capital
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:	INVESCO Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different)[v]:	31 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	01 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	25%, 24%
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 [vi]		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
				Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 10p Shares GB00B03HDJ73	65,195,345	65,195,345			64,942,663		24.78%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
64,942,663	24.78%

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

·    Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 354,376 ·    Bank of New York - 56,077,572 ·    HSBC (London) - 999,939 ·    Mellon Bank Pittsburgh - 562,083 ·    State Street Trust & Banking London - 6,559,596 ·    Northern Trust (London) - 389,097

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:	Samantha Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

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