TIDMWEST 
 
RNS Number : 0589K 
Western & Oriental plc 
12 April 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |              Western & Oriental Plc | 
| underlying issuer                          |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting 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                             |        | 
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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                        |  Yes   | 
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| Other (please  |                                                        |        | 
| specify):      |                                                        |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |               Strategic Equity Capital Plc | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation:            |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |       HSBC Global Custody Nominees Limited | 
|  (if different from 3.):            |                                            | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                 31/03/2010 | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                 09/04/2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                           Now less than 3% | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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|                |                    |      |                            |        | 
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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           | to the triggering                              |                                                                                                   | 
| shares       | transaction                                    |                                                                                                   | 
| if possible  |                                                |                                                                                                   | 
| using        |                                                |                                                                                                   | 
| the ISIN     |                                                |                                                                                                   | 
| CODE         |                                                |                                                                                                   | 
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|              | Number                      | Number           | Number                 | Number                | % of  voting rights                              | 
|              | of                          | of               | of                     | of                    |                                                  | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting           | shares                 | voting                |                                                  | 
|              |                             | Rights           |                        | rights                |                                                  | 
+              +                             +                  +------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ 
|              |                             |                  | Direct                 | Direct    | Indirect  | Direct                          | Indirect       | 
|              |                             |                  |                        |           |           |                                 |                | 
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| GB00B104S049 |                             | 8,000,000        |                        |           | 8,000,000 |                                 | 2.224%         | 
+--------------+                             +                  +                        +           +           +                                 +                + 
|              |                             |                  |                        |           |           |                                 |                | 
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|                                                                                                                                                                   | 
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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             | Conversion Period                    | rights that may                             | rights              | 
|                                     |                  |                                      | be                                          |                     | 
|                                     |                  |                                      | acquired if the                             |                     | 
|                                     |                  |                                      | instrument is                               |                     | 
|                                     |                  |                                      | exercised/                                  |                     | 
|                                     |                  |                                      | converted.                                  |                     | 
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|                                     |                  |                                      |                                             |                     | 
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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 voting             | % of voting rights                        | 
| instrument                     | price     | date          | Conversion                | rights instrument            |                                           | 
|                                |           |               | period                    | refers to                    |                                           | 
|                                |           |               |                           |                              |                                           | 
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|                                |           |               |                           |                              | Nominal                     | Delta       | 
|                                |           |               |                           |                              |                             |             | 
+                                +           +               +                           +                              +-----------------------------+-------------+ 
|                                |           |               |                           |                              |                             |             | 
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|                                                                                                                                                                   | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                     | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                              | Percentage of voting rights                                                | 
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| 8,000,000                                                                            | 2.224%                                                                     | 
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|              |                 |    |      |           |   |  |                      | |      |    |           |      |                     |    |  |             | 
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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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|                                                                                 | 
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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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|                                                                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                          | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |                            Simon Watkins | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |                            0207 821 4072 | 
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