Regulatory Announcement

REG-Ludorum PLC Holding(s) in Company
Released: 05/08/2009

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RNS Number : 9375W  
  
Ludorum PLC  
  
05 August 2009  
  
 
  For filings with the FSA include the annex   
  For filings with issuer exclude the annex    
  
  
 
  TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares  
  
  
 
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of                 
  existing shares to which voting rights are attached:    Ludorum Plc   
  
  
 
                                                                               
  2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          
                                                                               
  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                  
                                                                               
  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                             
                                                           Yes                 
  Other (please specify):  Shares in issue amended                             
  
  
 
  3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:   Taube Hodson Stonex Partners LLP  
                                                                                                    
  4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):                                             
  5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is      5th August 2009                   
  crossed or reached if different):                                                                 
                                                                  5th August 2009                   
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                 
                                                                  10%                               
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                                   
  
  
 
  8: Notified Details                                                                                                                                              
  A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                   
  Class/type of shares         Situation previous to the triggering transaction      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
  If possible use ISIN code                                                                                                                                        
                               Number of shares           Number of voting rights    Number of shares   Number of voting rights     Percentage of voting rights    
                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                        Direct        Indirect      Direct          Indirect       
  GB00B0ZH1L34                 925,871                    925,871                                       -             925,871       -               9.89%          
  
  
 
  B: Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                  
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                  
  Type of financial instrument   Expiration date   Exercise/ conversion period/date   No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument   Percentage of voting rights  
                                                                                      exercised/converted)                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
  
 
  Total (A+B)                                            
                                                         
  Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights  
  925,871                   9.89%                        
  
  
 
  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the  
  voting rights and /or the financial instruments are    
  effectively held, if applicable:                       
  N/A                                                    
  
  
 
  Proxy Voting:                                                       
                                                                      
  10. Name of 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:      Taube Hodson Stonex Partners LLP (THS') is a discretionary  
                                   fund manager and does not invest on its own behalf but      
                                   invests on behalf of its clients (that are large            
                                   institutional funds i.e. Pension Funds, Unit trusts). THS   
                                   controls the shares on the client's behalf.                 
                                   This notification was made as a result of an increase in    
                                   the shares in issue of the company which caused the         
                                   overallholdings to drop below the 10% threshold.            
  14 Contact name:                 Kim van Tonder                                              
                                                                                               
  15. Contact telephone number:    020 7659 4250                                               
                                                                                               
  
  
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.   
  
 
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