Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1816N

National Express Group PLC

11 February 2009

 



Financial Services Authority

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:	National Express 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:	Prudential Plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Prudential Plc M&G Group Limited  M&G Investment Management Limited  M&G Limited  The Prudential Assurance  Company Limited
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	10 February 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11 February 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See item 13

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
GB0006215205		10,460,443	10,460,443	10,176,423	10,176,423		N/A		6.65%	N/A

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
10,176,423	6.65%

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

Prudential Plc (Parent Company) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)

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:	As per 5.1.2, the non-exempt holdings for Prudential Plc has gone below 4% triggering this notification.
14. Contact name:	Dianne Robinson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7506 4334

 

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