Holding(s) in Company (1042F)

TIDMWFC
RNS Number : 1042F
Watford Leisure PLC
18 April 2011
 
 
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN 
   SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the 
 underlying issuer of existing shares to 
 which voting rights are attached: (ii)      Watford Leisure PLC 
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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                              x 
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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) subject 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii)                 Watford FC Limited 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)         Panos Thomas as nominee for Laurence 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                          Bassini 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v)                                      14 April 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                     90% 
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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 shares if 
 possible       Situation previous 
 using the       to the triggering                  Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE       transaction                         transaction 
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                                Number 
                Number           of 
                 of              Voting             Number         Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                 Shares          Rights              of shares      rights                    (x) 
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                                                                   Direct         Indirect 
                                                    Direct          (xi)           (xii)     Direct         Indirect 
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 Ordinary 
 ISIN CODE 
 OB0034301217   Nil             Nil                 39,916,896     39,916,896                90.95% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                         Number of voting 
                                                                          rights that may 
                                                                          be 
                                        Exercise/                         acquired if the 
 Type of financial     Expiration        Conversion Period                instrument is              % of voting 
  instrument            date (xiii)      (xiv)                            exercised/ converted.       rights 
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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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                                               Exercise/ 
 Type of                                        Conversion         Number of voting 
 financial        Exercise      Expiration      period              rights instrument            % of voting rights 
 instrument        price         date (xvii)    (xviii)             refers to                     (xix, xx) 
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                                13 July 
 Warrants         GBP0.04        2015          Any time            202,840,000                   Nominal       Delta 
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                                                                                                 82.21% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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 242,756,896                                                     98.39% 
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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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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the 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: 
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                                      Jonathan Wright / Tom Sheldon, Seymour 
                                       Pierce, financial adviser to Watford 
 14. Contact name:                     FC Limited 
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 15. Contact telephone number:        0207 107 8000 
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