31st Jul 2009 17:32
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 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares  | 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:  | 
 HANSTEEN HLDGS  | 
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 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)  | 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights  | 
 Yes  | 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached  | 
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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 notification obligation:  | 
 Artemis Investment Management Limited  | 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):  | 
 Artemis UK Smaller Companies Artemis Special Situations Artemis Alpha Trust Institutional Special Situations Institutional UK Growth Pearson Prudential Staff Pension Scheme Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme Barclays UK Alpha L&G(Barclays) MM Alpha Fund L&G(Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund Witan Investment Trust Artemis Strategic Assets Fund  | 
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 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):  | 
 30 July 2009  | 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 
 31 July 2009  | 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  | 
 10%  | 
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 8: Notified Details  | 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares  | 
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 Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code  | 
 Situation previous to the triggering transaction  | 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | 
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 Number of shares  | 
 Number of voting rights  | 
 Number of shares  | 
 Number of voting rights  | 
 Percentage of voting rights  | 
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 Direct  | 
 Indirect  | 
 Direct  | 
 Indirect  | 
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 GB00B0PPFY88  | 
 44,776,803  | 
 44,776,803  | 
 44,551,803  | 
 44,551,803  | 
 9.98%  | 
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 B: Financial Instruments  | 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | 
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 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  | 
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 Total (A+B)  | 
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 Number of voting rights  | 
 Percentage of voting rights  | 
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 44,551,803  | 
 9.98%  | 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  | 
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 Proxy Voting:  | 
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 10. Name of 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:  | 
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 14 Contact name:  | 
 Alistair Fleming  | 
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 15. Contact telephone name:  | 
 0131 718 0411  | 
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 Annex: Notification of major interests in shares  | 
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 A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation  | 
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 Full name (including legal form of legal entities)  | 
 Artemis Investment Management Ltd  | 
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 Contact address (registered office for legal entities)  | 
 42 Melville Street Edinburgh, EH3 7HA  | 
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 Phone number & email  | 
 0131 718 0411  | 
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 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)  | 
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 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable  | 
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 Full name  | 
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 Contact address  | 
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 Phone number & email  | 
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 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)  | 
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 C: Additional information  | 
Related Shares:
HSTN.L