Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0802R

De La Rue PLC

13 August 2010

 



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

De La Rue plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (    )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )

Other (please specify) : (    )

……………..

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

M&G Investment Funds 3

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

Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MKK01

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

12 August 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 August 2010

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

5%

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 (vi)
GB00B3DGH821	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
Ordinary Shares	Below 5%	Below 5%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares		Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
GB00B3DGH821	Direct	Indirect	Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	5,001,388	0	5,001,388	0	5.05%	0

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
n/a

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
5,001,388	5.05%

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

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:

With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed.

This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification. 

Therefore the 5.05% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 5.17% already disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies on 30 July 2010 and is NOT in addition to it.

14. Contact name:

Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas

M&G Investment Management Limited

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7548 3261 / 020 75483266

E H D Peppiatt

Company Secretary

De La Rue plc

01256 605343

13 August 2010

 

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