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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Hill & Smith Holdings PLC |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | | |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | | |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | X | |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | | |
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Other (please specify): |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| BlackRock, Inc. |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 2nd June 2011 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 3rd June 2011 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| Holding has gone above 5% |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| Class/type of
| Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
| Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights | |||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
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| 3,694,432 | 3,694,432 | N/A | N/A | 3,217,669 | N/A | 4.18% |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting
| % of voting |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting rights
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| Nominal | Delta
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| Total (A B C)
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 3,885,905 (5.05%) |
| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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| 13. Additional information:
| BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team |
| 14. Contact name:
| Andrew Manchester |
| 15. Contact telephone number:
| 020 7743 5773 |