8th Apr 2008 11:11
Independent News & Media PLC08 April 2008 Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/ECFinancial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached: INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA PLC 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes): () In Compliance with Regulation 79(7) (X ) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights () an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may resultin the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached ( ) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: (i) Sir Anthony O'Reilly (ii) Indexia Holdings Limited (iii) Cartson Holdings Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached: 3 April 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified; 4 April 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: See columns 7 and 8 ofitem 8 below. 8. Notified details: A) Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares (if Triggering transactionpossible usingthe ISIN CODE) Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights Shares Voting rights sharesIE0004614818 Ordinary Shares Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect i. 0 0 225,191,030 23.36 27% ii. 194,093,082 194,093,082 3.74 iii. 31,097,948 31,097,948 SUBTOTAL A 225,191,030(based onaggregate votingrights) B) Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument Period/ Date rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights 225,191,030 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: See 3 aboveand 11 below 10. In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold(number) voting rights as of (date). N/A 11. Additional information: Sir Anthony O'Reilly is a Director of Independent New & Media Plc Indexia Holdings Limited (ii) is owned by Sir Anthony O' Reilly. Cartson Holdings Limited (iii) is owned by Sir Anthony O' Reilly Done at Dublin on 4 April 2008 This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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