Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9378X

Close Brothers Group PLC

22 February 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Close Brothers Group 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:		Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 7,012,829 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 213,348 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMB7 3,729 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGS 900,000 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMID 275,000 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF 36,369 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIG 570,000 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIJ 60,865 STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIR 509,799 JP MORGAN NOMINEES 5,829
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		21 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		See Item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0007668071

10,120,567

10,120,567

9,587,768

9,581,939

5,829

6.53%

0.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

9,587,768

6.53%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)
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:	As per DTR 5.1.2, the non-exempt holdings for Prudential Plc have moved from 5% to 4%.  The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) has dropped below a 5% notifiable interest, triggering this notification.
14. Contact name:	John Hudspith Assistant Company Secretary Close Brothers Group plc
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7655 3100

 

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