Holding(s) in Company – 30/07/2009

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

PAN PACIFIC AGGREGATES PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments:

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

RAB CAPITAL PLC ACTING AS DISCRETIONARY MANAGER OF RAB SPECIAL SITUATIONS (MASTER) FUND LIMITED  

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

CREDIT SUISSE CLIENT NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

24/07/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29/07/2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

18%, 17%, 16%, 15%, 14%, 13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the 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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

ORDINARY SHARES

70,557,832

70,557,832

n/a

n/a

52,557,832

n/a

7.65%

GB00B0M9M645

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date xiii

Exercise / Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Warrants

£0.02547

01/03/2010

n/a

16,121,497

2.35%

n/a

Convertible Loan

£0.33

n/a

any time after 31/03/2010

14,917,315

2.17%

n/a

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

83,596,644

12.17%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

RAB Capital plc acts as investment manager for RAB SPECIAL SITUATIONS (MASTER) FUND LIMITED. RAB Capital plc does not act as custodian for its clients and therefore the shares are held in the nominee name of the custodian of its clients, which is CREDIT SUISSE CLIENT NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED..

Proxy Voting:

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 cease to hold voting rights:

n/a

13. Additional information:

Please note the convertible loan outlined in box “C” of this TR-1 form entitles RAB to convert into 4,922,714 number of shares at any time after March 2010. 

However, the terms of the loan also contain a provision whereby Pan Pacific Aggregates plc may, subject to raising a minimum of £2.5M by way of equity subscription, elect to repay a proportion of the loan and force conversion of any outstanding balance into such number of ordinary shares that would leave RAB holding 10% of the issued ordinary share capital in aggregate assuming conversion of its existing warrant holding. The figures provided should be subject to this provision. 

14. Contact name:

RAB Capital PLC - Legal Team

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7389 7000