Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2387E

Northumbrian Water Group PLC

24 September 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Northumbrian Water Group plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
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 notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	18 September 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 September 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 13%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORD  GBP 0.10 GB0033029744	67,347,163  67,347,163		68,784,375		68,784,375		13.26%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
68,784,375	13.26%

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

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 277,670 J P Morgan Chase - 2,630,916 Citibank - 56,424,285 HSBC Bank plc (London) - 932,781 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 7,735,260 North Trust Company (London) - 687,792 Other - 95,671

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
14 Contact name:	Kate Alsop
15. Contact telephone name:	0191 301 6701

 

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