Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2277G

Phoenix Group Holdings

02 May 2014

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)
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			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	29 April 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	01 May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
KYG7091M1096        N/A N/A 35,348 35,348 11,242,546 0.016%                         5.000%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage 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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,277,894	5.016%

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 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 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c XC7N 544,941 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 683182 342,442 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 148,403 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 811056 54,183 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c BBH05 203,369 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 301780 54,888 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA01 440,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 27642 35,348 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 3,305 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                                                   A/c WWSF0004002 318,269 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 18667 332,254 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10496 4,974,676 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10491 2,555,816 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10495 1,270,000
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363135

 

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