Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4486L

Investec PLC

06 May 2010

 



Investec Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number 1925/002833/06       JSE share code: INL              ISIN: ZAE000081949

Investec plc Incorporated in England and Wales Registration number 3633621 JSE share code: INP ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50

(jointly "Investec")

As part of the dual listed company structure, Investec plc and Investec Limited notify both the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited of matters which are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure, Transparency and Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the "UKLA") and/or the JSE Listing Requirements.

Accordingly, we advise of the following:

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			Investec 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				No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				N/a
Other (please specify):				N/a
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Old Mutual Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		1 Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd 2. Arcadian Asset Management 3. BOE (Pty) Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		04 May 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		06 May 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4% to 6%

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 > 4%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction >6%

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

GB00B17BBQ50

Nil

19,270,635

Nil

Nil

28,248,813

Nil

6.00%

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

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

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

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

28,248,813

6.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:
14. Contact name:	Kamal Hussain [e-mail]
15. Contact telephone number:	02070027191

 

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