29th May 2007 09:00
First Choice Holidays PLC29 May 2007 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+| | First Choice Holidays PLC || | ||1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached: | |+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+| || ||2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | Yes || | ||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 | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+| | || | ||Other (please specify): | |+---------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+| | Lloyds TSB Group Plc || | ||3. Full name of person(s) subject to | ||notification obligation: | |+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | || | ||4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | ||different from 3): | |+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | 24 May 2007 || | ||5. Date of transaction (and date on | ||which the threshold is crossed or | ||reached if different): | |+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | 25 May 2007 | |6. Date on which issuer notified: Received 29.5.07|| | |+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| | Dropped Below 6% || | ||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 |32,595,622|32,595,622|31,153,086|31,030,843| 122,243 | 5.849 | 0.023 || ORD GBP | | | | | | | || 0.03 | | | | | | | |+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------++---------++----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------++---------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) || || |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+| 31,153,086 | 5.872 |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+| || ||331,030,843 Shares are controlled by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, ||part of Scottish Widows Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group ||Plc. || || || ||122,243 Shares are controlled by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd, part of ||Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. || || |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: N/A || || |+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+|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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
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