Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6689F

Impellam Group plc

13 October 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Impellam 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 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:	Allianz SE
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Veer Palthe Voute NV
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	8th October 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10th October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	11%
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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB00B2Q2M073	5,173,064	5,173,064	4,515,090	4,512,264	2,826	10.14	0.01

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
4,515,090	10.14%

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

Allianz Global Investors AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. Allianz SE is the ultimate holding company of Veer Palthe Voute NV ('VPV'). VPV is a direct subsidiary of Dresdner Bank Luxembourg S.A. ('DB Lux'), a direct subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG ('Dresdner'). Dresdner is a direct subsidiary of Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH ('Allianz Finanz'), which is itself a direct subsidiary of Allianz SE.   Dresdner Bank AG is the holding company of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Ltd. Dresdner Bank AG is a subsidiary of Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmBH which is a direct subsidiary of Allianz SE.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	VPV holds 4,512,264 (10.135%) of the total voting rights of Impellam Group plc of 44,529,679 that was admitted to trade on AIM on 7th May 2008. (see 'Total Voting Rights' announcement of 7th May 2008 ).
14. Contact name:	Dresdner Kleinwort Media Relations Team
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7623 8000

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares xvi

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Allianz SE
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Koniginastrasse 28    80802 Munich  Germany
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	Dresdner Kleinwort Group Limited
Contact address	30 Gresham Street London EC2V 7PG
Phone number	020 7623 8000
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	subsidiary

C:    Additional information

  Notes 

 

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