Holding(s) in Company

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:

Origo Partners plc

2. Reason for notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify): Merger

X

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

Wellington Management Company, LLP

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

BBH ISL Nominees Ltd

Goldman Sachs International

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

16 December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18 December 2009

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

5%

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

IM00B1G3MS122 Ordinary Shares

3,495,700

3,495,700

4,367,032

4,367,032

1.98%

B: Qualifying 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

Warrant

21 December 2006

1,445,900

0.66%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date 

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

5,812,932 ( 4,367,032 Ordinary Shares shares and 1,445,900 Warrants or 5,812,932 votes on a converted basis)

2.64%

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

BBH ISL Nominees Ltd 86,560 shares

Goldman Sachs International 5,726,372 shares

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:

Robert J. Toner

15. Contact telephone name:

(617) 790-7084