Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2521V

IMI PLC

09 January 2012

 

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:

         IMI 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 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:

         Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

         See additional information under 13

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

         3 January 2012

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

         4 January 2012

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

         Above the threshold of 5%

8.      Notified details:

A:      Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using 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
GB0004579636	N/A	N/A	289,669	289,669	15,811,446	0.090%	4.925%

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
16,101,115	5.015%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg SA  and Threadneedle Asset  Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:

Registered owner

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA08	22,402
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 39364	628,429
Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 41407	440,793
Royal Trust Corp of Canada	A/c 719306	100,128
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c 5000212310	146,476
The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c PTG 468	36,449
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c 2456820	63,180
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	495,765
Harewood Nominees Ltd	A/c1040411926G	591,403
Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	239,986
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	265,820
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	223,845
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	782,466
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	120,076
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c PTG 15303/09997799	10,306
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	56,750
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA01	400,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	2,795,162
The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited	A/c 52266	281,915
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07198	260,936
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	28,733
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	12,885
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	7,408
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	236,033
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	62,844
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07207	549,560
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07196	19,334
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07199	17,567
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	175,628
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	248,256
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	228,157
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18668	236,685
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	1,900,402
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	582,205
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	1,052,626
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	1,197,836
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	905,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA15	677,669

14.    Contact name:

         H Afford - Corporate Counsel

15.    Contact telephone number:

         0121 717 3700

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