Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5363B

International Personal Finance Plc

28 October 2009

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			International Personal Finance 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 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:		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)   (if different from 3.):		See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		26 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 October 2009
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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1YKG049

13,871,115

13,871,115

12,840,813

12,840,813

4.99

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

12,840,813

4.99

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See attached schedule
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		1,030,302
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		26 October 2009
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Susan Tudor-Coulson
15. Contact telephone number:	0113 285 6868

SHARES HELD    NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients	427,300	Bank of New York Brussels	FPM
	2,096,749	BNP Paribas, Paris	FIGEST
	3,770,194	Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX	FIL
	404,919	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
	3,485,838	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL
	25,731	Nomura Trust and Banking	FIJ
	884,700	Northern Trust London	FPM
	1,320,282	JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C)	FIL
	425,100	National ASTL BK Melbourne (S)	FIL

 

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