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RNS Number : 0301B
Brown (N.) Group PLC
19 October 2009
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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| Identity of the issuer or the underlying | N Brown Group PLC |
| issuer of existing shares to which voting | |
| 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 qualifying financial instruments which may | no |
| 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 | no |
| qualifying financial instruments | |
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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 the | Standard Life Investments Ltd |
| notification | |
| obligation: | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Vidacos Nominees |
| from 3.): | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on | 16 October 2009 |
| which the threshold | |
| is crossed or reached): | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 19 October 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 6% |
| reached: | |
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| 8: Notified Details |
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| Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/type of shareIf possible use ISIN | GB00B1P6ZR11 |
| code | |
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| |
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| Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
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| Number of shares | Number of voting rights |
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| 16,692,758 | 16,692,758 |
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| |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of |
| | | voting rights |
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| | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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| 16,130,258 | 6,992,036 | 9,138,222 | 2.532% | 3.310% |
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| Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of |Expiration date | Exercise/ | No. of voting | Percentage of |
| financial | | conversion | rights that may | voting rights |
| instrument | | period/date | be acquired | |
| | | | (if the | |
| | | | instrument | |
| | | |exercised/converted) | |
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| | | | | |
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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 financial | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| instrument | | | Conversion | voting | rights |
| | price | date | | rights | |
| | | | period | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| | | | | | 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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| 16,130,258 | 5.842% |
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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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| |
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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: | investments_mo@standardlife.com |
| | Standard Life Investments Ltd or |
| | Peter Tynan,N Brown Group plc |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | (0131) 245 6565 for : Investments |
| | _mostandardlife.com |
| | Standard Life Investments or |
| | 0161 238 2299 for N Brown Group plc |
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