TIDMFPT 
 
RNS Number : 1518W 
Forth Ports PLC 
23 July 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                       | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           | Forth Ports PLC       | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                |                       | 
| attached: ii                                                 |                       | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                |    X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may   |         | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |         | 
| are attached                                                               |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to  |         | 
| qualifying financial instruments                                           |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           |         | 
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| Other (please      |                                                       |         | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        | Babcock & Brown Investment Holdings Pty Limited   | 
| subject to the                   | (as former owner of BBEIF General Partner         | 
| notification obligation: iii     | Limited, the general partner of Babcock & Brown   | 
|                                  | European Infrastructure Fund LP)                  | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   | Cayman Resources (49) Limited                     | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   | 17 July 2009                                      | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          | 22 July 2009                                      | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      | 23%                                               | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                   | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous                          | Resulting situation after the triggering                                        | 
| shares         | to the triggering                           | transaction                                                                     | 
| if possible    | transaction                                 |                                                                                 | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                                 | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                                 | 
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|                | Number               | Number               | Number            | Number                 | % of voting rights x               | 
|                | of                   | of                   | of                | of                     |                                    | 
|                | Shares               | Voting               | shares            | voting                 |                                    | 
|                |                      | Rights               |                   | rights                 |                                    | 
+                +                      +                      +-------------------+------------------------+------------------------------------+ 
|                |                      |                      | Direct            | Direct xi | Indirect   | Direct                 | Indirect  | 
|                |                      |                      |                   |           | xii        |                        |           | 
+----------------+----------------------+----------------------+-------------------+-----------+------------+------------------------+-----------+ 
| GB0003473104   | 10,735,875           | 23.52%               | NIL               | NIL       | 10,735,875 | NIL                    | NIL       | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration              | Exercise/                        | Number of voting                    | % of voting  | 
| instrument                   | date xiii               | Conversion                       | rights that may                     | rights       | 
|                              |                         | Period xiv                       | be                                  |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | acquired if the                     |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | instrument is                       |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | exercised/                          |              | 
|                              |                         |                                  | converted.                          |              | 
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| N/A                          | N/A                     | N/A                              | N/A                                 | N/A          | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                      | 
| xv, xvi                                                                                                                                        | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                           | 
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| Type of financial         | Exercise  | Expiration        | Exercise/            | Number of voting            | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                | price     | date xvii         | Conversion           | rights instrument           | rights xix, xx                | 
|                           |           |                   | period               | refers to                   |                               | 
|                           |           |                   | xviii                |                             |                               | 
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| N/A                       | N/A       | N/A               | N/A                  | N/A                         | Nominal              | Delta  | 
|                           |           |                   |                      |                             |                      |        | 
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|                           |           |                   |                      |                             | N/A                  | N/A    | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                  | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                       | Percentage of voting rights                                    | 
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| 10,735,875                                                                    | 23.52%                                                         | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| BBEIF General Partner Limited (in its capacity as general partner of Babcock &   | 
| Brown European Infrastructure Fund LP) is the indirect holder of shares in Forth | 
| Ports PLC which are the subject of this notification through the following chain | 
| of controlled undertakings. Cayman Resources (49) Limited is a controlled        | 
| undertaking of BBEIF LH Sub 03 S.à.r.l., BBEIF LH Sub 03 S.à.r.l. is a           | 
| controlled undertaking of BBEIF Luxembourg Holdings S.à.r.l. and BBEIF           | 
| Luxembourg Holdings S.à.r.l. is a controlled undertaking of BBEIF General        | 
| Partner Limited (in its capacity as general partner of Babcock & Brown European  | 
| Infrastructure Fund LP).                                                         | 
| Babcock & Brown Investment Holdings Pty Limited was the parent undertaking of    | 
| BBEIF General Partner Limited. Babcock & Brown Investment Holdings Pty Limited   | 
| disposed of its interests in BBEIF General Partner Limited on 17 July 2009.      | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                             N/A | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                             N/A | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                             N/A | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                | This disclosure is required as the  | 
|                                            | result of the change in control of  | 
|                                            | BBEIF General Partner Limited (in   | 
|                                            | its capacity as general partner of  | 
|                                            | Babcock & Brown European            | 
|                                            | Infrastructure Fund LP), resulting  | 
|                                            | in a transfer of indirect voting    | 
|                                            | rights in the issuer. There has     | 
|                                            | been no change in the voting rights | 
|                                            | in the issuer held by BBEIF General | 
|                                            | Partner Limited (in its capacity as | 
|                                            | general partner of Babcock & Brown  | 
|                                            | European Infrastructure Fund LP)    | 
|                                            | and its controlled undertakings.    | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | John Scarfe                         | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 020 7203 7318                       | 
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