Holding(s) in Company

9 juni 2009 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | |-------------------------------------------+-----------------------| | 1. Identity of the issuer or the | | | underlying issuer | | | of existing shares to which voting rights | HELPHIRE GROUP PLC | | are | | | attached: ii | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | | boxes): | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | | |--------------------------------------------------------+----------| | An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial | | | instruments which may result in the acquisition of | | | shares already issued to which voting rights are | | | attached | | |--------------------------------------------------------+----------| | An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar | | | economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | | |--------------------------------------------------------+----------| | An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | | |--------------------------------------------------------+----------| | Other (please | Existing position filed in | | | specify): | accordance with new rule with | X | | | effect from 1 June 2009 | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3. Full name of person(s) | | | subject to the | Moore Macro Fund, LP | | notification obligation: iii | | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Not specified | | (if different from 3.):iv | | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | 5. Date of the transaction and | | | date on | Existing position filed in | | which the threshold is crossed | accordance with new rule with | | or | effect from 1 June 2009 | | reached: v | | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | 6. Date on which issuer | 9 June 2009 | | notified: | | |---------------------------------+---------------------------------| | 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | | | crossed or | 4% | | reached: vi, vii | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Notified details: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Class/type of |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |shares |to the triggering | | |if possible |transaction | | |using |--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------| |the ISIN CODE |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of voting rights x| | |of |of |of shares |rights | | | |Shares |Voting |----------+---------------------+---------------------| | | |Rights |Direct |Direct xi |Indirect |Direct |Indirect | | | | | | |xii | | | |---------------+-----------------+--------------+----------+-----------+---------+---------+-----------| |GB0004195219 | | | | |Not | |Not | |---------------|Not specified |Not specified |5,850,432 |5,850,432 |specified|1.77 |specified | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Type of financial |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting | |instrument |date xiii |Conversion Period xiv |rights that may be |rights | | | | |acquired if the | | | | | |instrument is | | | | | |exercised/ converted. | | |------------------------+---------------+------------------------+----------------------+--------------| | | | | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Type of |Exercise price |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting rights |% of voting rights| |financial | |date xvii |Conversion |instrument refers to |xix, xx | |instrument | | |period xviii| | | |----------------+----------------+------------+------------+------------------------+------------------| | | | | | |Nominal |Delta | |CFD | | | |10,023,968 |----------+-------| | | | | | | |3.03% | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Total (A+B+C) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights | |------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------| |15,874,400 |4.79% | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting | | rights and/or the | | financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Not specified | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Proxy Voting: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10. Name of the proxy holder: | RiskMetrics Group | |-----------------------------------------------+-------------------| | 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | | | cease | Not specified | | to hold: | | |-----------------------------------------------+-------------------| | 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | | | hold | Not specified | | voting rights: | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 13. Additional information: | Not specified | |-----------------------------------------+-------------------------| | 14. Contact name: | Nick Tilley, Company | | | Secretary | |-----------------------------------------+-------------------------| | 15. Contact telephone number: | 01225 321218 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---END OF MESSAGE--- This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.