Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5552D

3i Group PLC

03 December 2009

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 

On 3 December 2009 3i Group plc ("the Issuer") was notified of the following details relating to a major interest in its shares.

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

3i Group plc

2. Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights.

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

BlackRock, Inc

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

N/A

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

01/12/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:    

03/12/2009

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

Holding has gone above 13%

8. Notified details:    

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1YW4409	19,653,461	19,653,461	N/A	N/A	114,771,146	N/A	11.83%

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	N/A	12,181,995	Nominal	Delta
					1.26%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
126,953,141	13.09%

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

On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 126,953,141 (13.09%)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:     

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:    

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 

13. Additional information:    

Issuer contact details: 

Jackie Harper, Group Secretariat

Telephone: [phone]

 

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