Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4285L

IG Group Holdings plc

04 July 2014

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		IG Group Holdings plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
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: ⁱⁱⁱ	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	2 July 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	3 July 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B06QFB75

35,995,265

36,575,465

10.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

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 ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

36,575,465

10.00%

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

Entity	Voting Rights	% of TSO
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd	164,128	0.0449%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company	23,716,642	6.4843%
MFS Heritage Trust Company	469,722	0.1284%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.	1,319,210	0.3607%
MFS International Ltd.	649,406	0.1776%
MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.	9,883,644	2.7023%
MFS Investment Management K.K.	372,713	0.1019%

Total	36,575,465	10.0000%