Holding(s) in Company

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:

HANSTEEN HOLDINGS

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):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Artemis Investment Management Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

Artemis UK Smaller Companies

Artemis Special Situations

Artemis Alpha Trust

Institutional Special Situations

Institutional Alpha Fund

Pearson

Prudential Staff Pension Scheme

Akzo Nobel Pension Schem

Barclays UK Alpha

L&G(Barclays) MM Alpha Fund

L&G(Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund

Witan Investment Trust

Artemis Strategic Assets Fund

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

24 August 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

25 August 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

10%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0PPFY88

44,801,803

44,801,803

44,801,803

44,801,803

9.97%

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 exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

44,801,803

9.97%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

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:

Nicola Collins

15. Contact telephone name:

0131 718 0429

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)

Artemis Investment Management Ltd

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)

42 Melville Street

Edinburgh, EH3 7HA

Phone number & email

0131 718 0429

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Contact address

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information