Holding in Company Form TR1

RNS Number : 1734O

FBD Holdings PLC

02 March 2009

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

FBD Holdings plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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 notification obligation:

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

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

27 February 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2 March 2009

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

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0003290289			1,019,847	Nil	1,019,847	Nil	3.07%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights