Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3705S

3i Group PLC

15 May 2009

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 

On 14 May 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:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

See additional information under 13.

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

13/05/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:    

14/05/2009

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

Above the threshold of 5%

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1YW4409	N/A	N/A	22,069,504	780,658	21,288,846	0.185%	5.050%

B: 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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
22,069,504	5.235%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:    

Registered Owner
Littledown Nominees Ltd Dexia Bil Sub A/c American Express The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited Chase Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Chase Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd State Street Nominees Limited Ameriprise Financial Inc HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd State Street Bank & Trust Boston The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Roy Nominees Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 35822 A/c PTG 4268 A/c 961111 A/c 41407 A/c 41408 A/c 42048 A/c 47182 A/c 00401323 A/c A/c 53553 A/c 51653 A/c 51652 A/c 1013333 A/c 301780 A/c 301778 A/c 301781 A/c 02891 A/c 52262 A/c 07198 A/c 27642 A/c 10478 A/c 11121 A/c 10479 A/c GPE1 A/c 960011 A/c 07205 A/c 21688 A/c 07207 A/c 07196 A/c 07199 A/c 104450 A/c WWSF0004002 A/c 10497 A/c 18667 A/c 10469 A/c 10492 A/c 10491 A/c 10488 A/c 30337 A/c 31348 A/c 02642	1,661 174,178 13,526 1,137,132 3,321 93,805 35,443 303,862 154,594 8,688 7,485 19,732 30,000 5,537 57,692 37,483 7,505,317 519,141 683,872 83,260 15,906 1,108 11,363 304,564 31,122 728,584 183,972 1,053,920 30,441 71,141 66,198 199,497 802,486 22,147 215,503 455,435 2,113,924 3,182,429 101,108 310,000 1,292,927

Issuer contact details: 

Jackie Harper, Group Secretariat

Telephone: [phone]

 

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