TIDMBES
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Blavod Extreme |
| issuer of existing shares to which voting | Spirits Plc |
| rights are attached: | |
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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 | Yes |
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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) subject to the | Barclays Plc |
| notification obligation: | |
| | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Barclays Stockbrokers |
| different from 3.): | Ltd |
| | Gerrard Investment |
| | Management Ltd |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on | 21-Sept-09 |
| which the threshold is crossed or | |
| reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 22-Sept-09 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 5% to 6% |
| reached: | |
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|8. Notified details: |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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|Class/type of |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|shares |to the triggering | |
|if possible |transaction | |
|using |------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------|
|the ISIN CODE |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of voting rights|
| |of |of |of shares |rights | |
| |Shares |Voting |------------+--------------------+-------------------|
| | |Rights |Direct |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |
|---------------+-----------+------------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+----------|
| GB0030164023 | | | | | | | |
|---------------|5,102,945 | 5,102,945 | 5,584,409 | 0 |5,584,409 |0.00 |6.36 |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of |
| financial | date | Conversion | rights that may | voting |
| instrument | | Period | be | rights |
| | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
| | | | | |
|------------+------------+------------+-------------------+--------|
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
|Instruments |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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|Type of |Exercise |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of |% of voting |
|financial |price |date |Conversion |voting |rights |
|instrument | | |period |rights | |
| | | | |instrument | |
| | | | |refers to | |
|--------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+---------------|
| | | | | |Nominal |Delta |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | |--------+------|
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 5,584,409 | 6.36 |
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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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| Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd |
| Gerrard Investment Management Ltd |
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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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| 14. Contact name: | Geoff Smith |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7116 2913 |
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