Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer              FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES
of existing shares to which voting rights are                             PLC           
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                  25p Ordinary Shares   
                                                                                        
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                   RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC        
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                              RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC     
                                                                                        
                                                                Rathbone Investment     
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                  Management Limited      
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                Rathbone Investment     
                                                             Management International   
                                                                      Limited           
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                          5th June 2014                
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                          6th June 2014                
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                     5%                           
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                          
                                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                  
                                                                                              
Class/type   Situation previous           Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of           to the triggering                                                                
shares       transaction                                                                      
                                                                                              
             Number          Number       Number   Number of voting      % of  voting rights x
if possible  of              of           of       rights                                     
using        Shares          Voting       shares                                              
the ISIN                     Rights                                                           
CODE                                      Indirect Direct xi  Indirect   Direct   Indirect    
                                                              xii                             
                                                                                              
25p Ordinary                                                                                  
             21,591,210      21,591,210   N/A      N/A        20,733,710 N/A      4.96%       
GB0003375820                                                                                  
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                           
                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          
                                                                                              
Type of        Expiration        Exercise/          Number of voting             % of voting  
financial      date xiii         Conversion Period  rights that may be           rights       
instrument                       xiv                acquired if the                           
                                                    instrument is                             
                                                    exercised/ converted.                     
                                                                                              
N/A            N/A               N/A                N/A                          N/A          
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                 
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                           
                                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          
                                                                                              
Type of       Exercise price Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting rights   % of voting      
financial                    date xvii  Conversion instrument refers to      rights xix, xx   
instrument                              period                                                
                                        xviii                                                 
                                                                                              
                                                                             Nominal Delta      
N/A           N/A            N/A        N/A        N/A                                        
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                 
                                                                                              
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights                  
                                                                                              
20,733,710                                       4.96%                                        
                                                                                              


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC*                                                                  
                                                                                        
Rathbone Investment Management Limited                              4.90%               
                                                                                        
Rathbone Investment Management International Limited     0.06%                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
* Rathbone Brothers Plc is the holding company of the following.                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will dispose of:                               
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will dispose of voting rights:                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
                                              Total shares in issue used as denominator:
                                                                                        
                                              417,921,730                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                             COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                 020 7399 0000                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                              
                                                                                        
Full name                                           Christopher Pirnie For and on behalf
                                                                                      of
                                                                                        
                                                           FIL Investments International
                                                                                        
Contact address                                   Kingswood Place, Millfield Lane, Lower
                                                    Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                                                            01737 837929
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
                                                                                        
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or                                        
legal entity subject to the notification                                                
obligation)