10th Nov 2009 07:00
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |||||||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii | Media Corporation plc | ||||||||
| 2 Reason for the 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 | X | ||||||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |||||||||
| Other (please specify): | |||||||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:iii | Barclays PLC | ||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):iv | Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd | ||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:v | 04-Nov-09 | ||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 05-Nov-09 | ||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:vi, vii | 5% to 6% | ||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rightsx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Directxi | Indirectxii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GB0000528306 | 15,616,068 | 15,616,068 | 15,916,068 | 0 | 15,916,068 | 0.00 | 6.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdatexiii | Exercise/Conversion Periodxiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration datexvii | Exercise/Conversion periodxviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rightsxix, xx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15,916,068 | 6.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi | |||||
| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd | |||||
| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | |||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | |||||
| 13. Additional information: | |||||
| 14. Contact name: | Geoff Smith | ||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7116 2913 | ||||
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