Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5660G

Pennon Group PLC

04 March 2015

 

PENNON GROUP PLC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOLDING IN COMPANY

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

        PENNON GROUP PLC / GB00B18V8630

2.     Reason for the notification

        Acquisition of voting rights.

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

        Lazard Asset Management LLC

4.     Full name of shareholder(s)

        Bank of NY INC. - Global Custody

        CIBC - Mellon Canadian Office

        Citibank NA Hong Kong - ETC

        HSBC London

        JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT

        Mellon Trust

        Morgan Guaranty - Personal Custody

        Northern Trust Co.

        State Street Bank - Australia Ltd

        State Street Bank - Custodian - ETC

        State Street Master - Master Tr- ETC

        State Street Master - Custody Master Trust

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

        26 February 2015

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

         03 March 2015

7.     Threshold(s) that is crossed:  Increase from 4% to 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
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
GB00B18V8630		19,767,032

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B18V8630	-	-	20,137,074	-	5.0506%

B:    Financial Instruments

        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	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 -

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
20,137,074	5.0506%

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

        Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all voting rights held of this issuer.               

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: Legal & Compliance Department

15. Contact telephone number: 0207 448 2119

Identity of the issuer

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

                Pennon Group Plc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7HR

Contact name    Richard Zmuda - Assistant Company Secretary

Phone number   01392 443517

4 March 2015

www.pennon-group.co.uk

 

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