Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4616Y

Plant Health Care PLC

07 July 2008

 

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):

PLANT HEALTH CARE plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )

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): ()

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

   AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its Group Companies

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):

   02/07/2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03/07/2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

  5%

8. Notified details:

  Total

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB00B01JC540	2,860,220	2,860,220

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
GB00B01JC540	2,000	2,000	1,802,463	0	4.02

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
1,804,463	4.02

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

	Name of the Company / Fund		Number of Shares		% of issued share capital
	AXA France		110,000		0.24525
	Indirect
	Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd		2,000		0.00446
	Direct
	AXA Framlington		181,558		0.40480
	Indirect
	AXA Framlington		125,577		0.27998
	Indirect
	AXA Framlington		168,896		0.37656
	Indirect
	AXA Framlington		638,612		1.42383
	Indirect
	AXA Framlington		431,861		0.96286
	Indirect
	AXA Framlington		102,366		0.22823
	Indirect
	AXA Framlington		43,593		0.09719
	Indirect
	Total Direct		2,000		0.00446
	Total Indirect		1,802,463		4.01871
	TOTAL		1,804,463		4.02317

  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:

    (i)    Andrew Wood FCIS, Company Secretary

    (II)    Tim Redfern, Evolution Securities Limited

    (iii)    Jeremy Carey, Tavistock Communications

15. Contact telephone number:

• [phone]

• [phone]

• [phone]

Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

Terry Marsh

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris

Phone number:

020 7003 2637

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name:

Contact address:

Phone number:

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

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07 July 2008

 

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