Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2743L

Pennon Group PLC

24 April 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

        An event changing the breakdown of voting rights.             

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

        Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group.

4.     Full name of shareholder(s)

        See additional information in Para 13.

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

        21 April 2015

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

        22 April 2015

7.     Threshold(s) that is crossed:  Below the threshold of 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	35,301,271	35,301,271

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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B18V8630	197,221	197,221	20,130,933	0.048%	4.898%

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
20,328,154	4.946%

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

        Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd. 

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:

Registered Owner Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA08 26,512 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 41407 2,997,923 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c XC7N 553,584 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 683182 306,188 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 213,595 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 800,330 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 118,744 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA01 525,000 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA03 5,345,118 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c 52286 424,883 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07198 197,221 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10478 12,201 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA09 13,648 Littledown Nominees Ltd                          A/c 10479                         7,501 State Street Bank & Trust Boston                                           A/c GPE1 392,215 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA12 222,043 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA14 69,523 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c 07207 444,497 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 18667 305,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10469 170,013 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10496 3,518,278 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10492 332,001 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 1,045,819 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10495 1,515,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 30337 90,000 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA15 681,317

14. Contact Name: Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone number: [phone]

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

24 April 2015

www.pennon-group.co.uk

 

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