Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9316X

Restaurant Group PLC

22 February 2012

 



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:

The Restaurant Group Plc

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
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	21 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B0YG1K06	9,440,223	9,440,223	10,488,144	10,488,144	0	5.23%	0

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
10,488,144	5.23%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

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:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266

Notifiable Position Report for

RESTAURANT GROUP

as at 21 February 2012

 

Percentage holdings are calculated using 200,251,232 Total Voting Rights

 

		Registered Holder		Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc					10,488,144	5.23	Total Notifiable Interest
	Holding Type: Direct
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		8,947,271	8,947,271
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		313,660	313,660
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMB7		17,777	17,777
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF		50,520	50,520
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIR		1,158,916	1,158,916
			Sub Total:	10,488,144	10,488,144
M&G Group Limited					10,488,144	5.23
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		8,947,271	8,947,271
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		313,660	313,660
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMB7		17,777	17,777
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF		50,520	50,520
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIR		1,158,915	1,158,916

 

Notifiable Position Report for

RESTAURANT GROUP

as at 21 February 2012

 

Percentage holdings are calculated using 200,251,232 Total Voting Rights

 

		Registered Holder		Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
M&G Investment Management Limited					10,437,624	5.21
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		8,947,271	8,947,271
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		313,660	313,660
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMB7		17,777	17,777
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIR		1,158,916	1,158,916
					10,488,144	5.23
M&G Limited
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		8,947,271	8,947,271
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		313,660	313,660
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMB7		17,777	17,777
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF		50,520	50,520
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIR		1,158,916	1,158,916
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		8,947,271	8,947,271
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		313,660	313,660

END OF REPORT

 

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