Last checked at 16 Oct 2009 16:21
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP plc
ANNOUNCEMENT
Holdings in company
Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG") announces that on 15 October 2009 it received notification from two related shareholders clarifying their substantial shareholdings in GPG following a recent purchase of shares.
GPG is informed in the first notification that Tan Chin Tuan Limited ("TCTL") directly or indirectly holds the voting rights attached to 87,804,624 shares in GPG representing 5.4% of GPG's total issued share capital. GPG is informed in the second notification that of TCTL's voting rights attached to 87,804,624 shares in GPG, Dr Mrs Chew Kheng Lian Nee Tan Kheng Lian directly or indirectly holds the voting rights attached to 60,965,503 shares in GPG.
Both notifications state "Notification is being made pursuant to legal advice recently obtained regarding UK disclosure obligations" and "The total current holding has been built up through a number of transactions conducted over some decades which were not notified. Please note that records are only available for transactions since 1998."
C W Healy
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: +44 207 484 3370
16 October 2009