Notification of Shareholding

RNS Number : 9294W

Plant Health Care PLC

17 June 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: (YES)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (NO)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (NO)

  Other (please specify): (NO)  

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

   Gartmore Investment Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

See attached schedule

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

   10 June 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 June 2008

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

  Below 5%

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)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB00B01JC540	3,983,820	3.983,820

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 (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
GB00B01JC540	2,119,234		2,119,234		4.730%

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
2,119,234	4.730%

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

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:

    All shares are held indirectly. All figures are based on the company's issued share capital of 44,801,798 as provided by Exshare.  

E-mail contact: [e-mail]

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):

Gartmore Investment Limited

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Gartmore House, 8 Fenchurch Place, London EC3M 4PB

Phone number:

020 7782 2324

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

Alison Averono

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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17 June 2008

 

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