Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2265T

3i Group PLC

02 June 2009

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 

On 1 June 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 qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

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

Deutsche Bank AG

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

Deutsche Bank AG

Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited

Deutsche Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.

Deutsche Asset Management (Japan) Limited

DWS Trust Company

Tilney Investment Management

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

28/05/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:    

01/06/2009

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

Qualifying Financial Instruments - 5%, 6%, 7%

Shares & Qualifying Financial Instruments - 6%, 7%, 8%

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	6,141,439	6,141,439	4,772,609	4,009,327	763,282	0.95%	0.18%

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
Call option Call option Call option	May 2011 OTC June 2011 OTC July 2011 OTC		4,575,834 16,778,058 9,151,668	1.09% 3.98% 2.17%

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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
35,278,169	8.37%

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

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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