Holding in Company

RNS Number : 9426H

Phoenix Group Holdings

06 June 2011

 



Financial Services Authority

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Phoenix Group Holdings
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
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				X
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Trust (formerly known as the Tarragona Trust)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		(i) Euroclear Bank (ii) Goldman Sachs Securities Nominees Ltd (designated a/c ILSEG) (iii) Pershing Nominees Ltd (designated a/c PERNY)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		17 May 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3 June 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		6%

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

€0.0001 ISIN KYG7091M1096

10,338,714

10,345,472

NIL

10,345,472

NIL

5.99%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

10,345,472

5.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Please provide details of any controlled undertakens where the voting rights are held
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:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Andrew Caunt, Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	(+ 44) 020 3349 8700

 

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