Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0910G

Persimmon PLC

17 October 2008

 

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:	Persimmon 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 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:	Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Deutsche Bank AG   Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited Deutsche Asset Management Investment GmbH Deutsche Asset Management (Japan) Limited Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. Deutsche Vermoegensbildungs GmbH DWS Investment GmbH Tilney Investment Management
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	14/10/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16/10/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Direct 4% Aggregate Direct & Indirect 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		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0006825383	11,761,577	11,761,577	15,539,570	12,674,316	2,865,254	4.22%	0.95%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
15,539,570	5.17%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	David Lindsay\Andrew Anderson
15. Contact telephone number:	+00 44 207 545 8533\8532

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Deutsche Bank AG
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Winchester House 1 Great Winchester Street London EC2N 2DB
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	David Lindsay

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C:    Additional information

 

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