Holding(s) in Company

29th Aug 2007 17:45

First Choice Holidays PLC29 August 2007 +----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+| | |+----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+| | || | ||1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | First Choice Holidays PLC ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached: | |+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+| || ||2. Reason for notification (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 | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | || | ||An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | || | ||Other (please specify): | |+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------+| | Lloyds TSB Group Plc || | ||3. Full name of person(s) | ||subject to notification | ||obligation: | |+--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+| | Perry Nominees Ltd || | ||4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Boltro Nominees Ltd ||(if different from 3): | || | Ward Nominees Ltd || | || | Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd || | || | State Street Nominees Ltd |+--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+| | 28 August 2007 || | ||5. Date of transaction (and date| ||on which the threshold is | ||crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+| | 29 August 2007 || | ||6. Date on which issuer | ||notified: | |+--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+| | Reached 5% || | ||7. Threshold(s) that is/are | ||crossed or reached: | |+--------------------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------++--------------------------------+--------------+--------------------+----------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares || || |+----------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+|Class/type|Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction||of shares |the triggering | || |transaction | ||If +----------+----------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+|possible |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting |Percentage of voting||use ISIN |shares |voting |shares |rights |rights ||code | |rights | +---------+----------+----------+---------+| | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | || | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+---------++---------+| 0664882 |26,514,472|26,514,472|26,544,152| 0 |26,544,152| 0 | 5.003 || Ord | | | | | | | || GBP0.03 | | | | | | | |+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+---------++---------++----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+---------++---------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) || || |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+| 26,544,152 | 5.003 |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+| || ||168,803 Shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ||Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || || ||31,663 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ||Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || || ||8,520 Shares are held by Ward Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ||Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || || ||67,352 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned ||subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB ||Group Plc. || || || ||26,267,814 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the||control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned ||subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly ||owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ||Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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: | || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|14 Contact name: | Joyce Walter || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone name: | +44 (0) 1293 588813 || | || | |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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