TIDMSNCL 
 
RNS Number : 2404O 
Sinclair (William) Holdings PLC 
03 March 2009 
 

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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   | Sinclair (William) Holdings  | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting     | plc                          | 
| rights are attached:                          |                              | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       | Yes      | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may     | No       | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which       |          | 
| voting rights are attached                                        |          | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                  | No       | 
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| Other (please specify):______________                             | No       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Gartmore Investment Limited         | 
| notification obligation:               |                                     | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                                     | 
| different from 3):                     |                                     | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 26 February 2009                    | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                     | 
| reached if different):                 |                                     | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 27 February 2009                    | 
|                                        |                                     | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 10%                                 | 
| reached:                               |                                     | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                           | 
|                                                                                               | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous    | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction   | 
| of shares    | to the triggering     |                                                        | 
| If           | transaction           |                                                        | 
| possible     |                       |                                                        | 
| use ISIN     |                       |                                                        | 
| code         |                       |                                                        | 
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|              | Number    | Number    | Number    | Number of voting     | Percentage of       | 
|              | of        | of        | of        | rights               | voting rights       | 
|              | shares    | voting    | shares    |                      |                     | 
|              |           | rights    |           |                      |                     | 
+              +           +           +           +----------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |           |           |           | Direct   | Indirect  | Direct   | Indirect | 
|              |           |           |           |          |           |          |          | 
+--------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+----------+ 
| GB0009665661 | 1,457,667 | 1,457,667 | 1,757,667 |          | 1,757,667 |          |  10.618% | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
|                                                                                      | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
|                                                                                      | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage of | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that          | voting rights | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | may be               |               | 
|               |               |               | acquired (if         |               | 
|               |               |               | the                  |               | 
|               |               |               | instrument           |               | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |               | 
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|               |               |               |                      |               | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
|                                                                             | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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| 1,757,667                            | 10.618%                              | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the             | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                  | 
|                                                                                             | 
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| Fund       |     No of |     Issued |      % of | UK            | Fund      | Beneificial   | 
| Managing   |    Shares |      Share |    Issued | Registered    |           | Owner         | 
| Co         |      held |    Capital |   Capital | Owner         |           |               | 
|            |           |            |           |               |           |               | 
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| Gartmore   | 1,137,477 |            |     6.871 | HSBC          | 56690     | Gartmore      | 
| Fund       |           |            |           | Global        |           | Fund          | 
| Managers   |           |            |           | Custody       |           | Managers      | 
| Limited    |           |            |           | Nominee       |           | Ltd A/C       | 
|            |           |            |           | UK Ltd.       |           | Gartmore      | 
|            |           |            |           |               |           | UK &          | 
|            |           |            |           |               |           | Irish         | 
|            |           |            |           |               |           | Smaller       | 
|            |           |            |           |               |           | Companies     | 
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|            | 1,137,477 |            |     6.871 |               |           |               | 
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+---------------+-----------+---------------+ 
| Gartmore   |   320,190 |            |     1.934 | Gartmore      | 56640     | Gartmore      | 
| Investment |           |            |           | Growth        |           | Growth        | 
| Limited    |           |            |           | Opportunities |           | Opportunities | 
|            |           |            |           |               |           | PLC           | 
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| Gartmore   |   300,000 |            |     1.812 | Nortrust      | 54550     | Strathclyde   | 
| Investment |           |            |           | Nominees      |           | Pension       | 
| Limited    |           |            |           | Limited       |           | Fund          | 
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|            |   620,190 |            |     3.746 |               |           |               | 
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|            | 1,757,667 | 16,554,046 |    10.618 |               |           |               | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:            |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy    |                                      | 
| holder will cease to hold:           |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will  |                                      | 
| cease to hold voting rights:         |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 13. Additional information:          | All shares are held indirectly.      | 
|                                      | All figures are based on the         | 
|                                      | Company's issued share capital of    | 
|                                      | 16,554,046 as provided by Exshare    | 
|                                      | Email contact RDU@Gartmore.com       | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     | Alison Averono                       | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 020 7782 2000                        | 
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