Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2265F

Paragon Group Of Companies PLC

12 June 2012

 



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			The Paragon Group of Companies 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
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: iii		Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See attached Schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		11 June 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		12 June 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

GB00B2NGPM57

14,660,756

14,660,756

15,506,789

15,406,909

99,880

5.12%

0.03%

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,506,789

5.15%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc)
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:
14. Contact name:	John G Gemmell, Group Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	0121 712 2075

SCHEDULE FOR ITEM 4

Notifiable Position Report for

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC

As at 11 June 2012

Percentage holdings are calculated using 300,756,545 Total Voting Rights

	Registered Holder		Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc				15,506,789	5.15	Total Notifiable Interest
Holding Type: Direct
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		14,409,598	14,409,598
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		75,070	75,070
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF		76,208	76,208
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMXG		846,033	846,033
		Sub Total:	15,406,909	15,406,909
Holding Type: Indirect
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES		99,880	99,880
		Sub Total:	99,880	99,880
M&G Group Limited				15,406,909	5.12
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		14,409,598	14,409,598
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		75,070	75,070
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF		76,208	76,208
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMXG		846,033	846,033
M&G Investment Management Limited				15,330,701	5.09
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		14,409,598	14,409,598
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		75,070	75,070
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMXG		846,033	846,033
M&G Limited				15,406,909	5.12
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		14,409,598	14,409,598
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		75,070	75,070
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF		76,208	76,208
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMXG		846,033	846,033
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited				14,484,668	4.81
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		14,409,598	14,409,598
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		75,070	75,070

 

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