Notifiable Interest
1 April 2010
Majestic Wine plc ("the Company")
A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by the Company.
TR-1 notification of major interest in shares.
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Majestic Wine PLC
2. Reason for the notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Artemis Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Artemis UK Growth Fund Institutional UK Growth Artemis UK Hedge Skandia UK Strategic Best Ideas Fund
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
31 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:
1 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
| Class/type of shares - if possible using ISIN CODE |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| Number of Shares |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
| - |
Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
| GB00B021F836 |
3,157,214 |
3,157,214 |
3,019,214 |
3,019,214 |
- |
4.91% |
- |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted |
% of voting rights |
| N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| Type of financial instrument |
Excercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights |
|
|
|
|
|
Nominal |
Delta |
| N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Total (A+B+C)
| Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
| 3,019,214 |
4.91% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
N/A
10. Name of the Proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire to hold voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
N/A
14. Contact name:
Colin Kerr
15. Contact telephone number:
0131 718 0411