27th Jan 2015 07:00
PURECIRCLE LIMITED
("PureCircle" or "the Company")
Notification of a Major Interest
PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia ingredients, has today been notified by one of its substantial shareholders, Wang Tak Company Limited (which includes the holdings of Mr. Tan Boon Seng and his spouse), that following recent purchases of PureCircle shares from the open market, their total interest held in the Company has increased to 44,185,890 shares representing 26.03% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).
Wang Tak Company Limited ("Wang Tak") holds 42,868,537 of these shares and Mr. Tan and his spouse hold 1,317,353 shares. Mr. Tan is a director of Wang Tak (a company wholly owned by Lee Hing Development Limited where he is a substantial shareholder).
The average price of these purchases since the last notification is GBP5.56.
27 January 2015
For more information:
PureCircle Limited (www.purecircle.com) | |
Magomet Malsagov, CEO | +60 3 2166 2206 |
William Mitchell, CFO | +44 7974 005 163 |
RFC Ambrian Ltd (NOMAD) | +61 8 9480 2500 |
Stephen Allen |
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