Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8138A

The Vitec Group PLC

07 February 2011

 



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:

Vitec 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:	04 February 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 February 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See item 13

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
GB0009296665	3,972,851	3,972,851	3,961,775	3,961,775		9.17%

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
3,961,775	9.17%

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)

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:	The notifiable position has not crossed a notifiable threshold.  The notifiable position of 9.33% is an exempt holding under section 5.1.2 of the FSA's DTR Handbook. The trigger for this notification is the movement from 3.00% to 2.97% in the non-exempt holding, which makes up part of the 9.17% notifiable interest.
14. Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 75483261 / 020 7548 3266

Notifiable Position Report for

VITEC GROUP PLC

as at 04 February 2011

 

Percentage holdings are calculated using 43,157,155 Total Voting Rights

 

		Registered Holder		Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc					3,961,775	9.17	Total Notifiable Interest
	Holding Type: Direct
		NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01		8,961	8,961
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD		1,476,992	1,476,992
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01		541,242	541,242
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVB01		323,774	323,774
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUC01		326,404	326,404
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		1,034,772	1,034,772
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		249,630	249,630
			Sub Total:	3,961,775	3,961,775
M&G Group Limited					3,961,775	9.17
		NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01		8,961	8,961
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD		1,476,992	1,476,992
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01		541,242	541,242
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVB01		323,774	323,774
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUC01		326,404	326,404
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		1,034,772	1,034,772
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		249,630	249,630
M&G Investment Management Limited					3,952,814	9.15
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD		1,476,992	1,476,992
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01		541,242	541,242
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVB01		323,774	323,774
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUC01		326,404	326,404
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		1,034,772	1,034,772
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		249,630	249,630
M&G Limited					3,961,775	9.17
		NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01		8,961	8,961
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD		1,476,992	1,476,992
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01		541,242	541,242
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVB01		323,774	323,774
		NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUC01		326,404	326,404
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC		1,034,772	1,034,772
		PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC		249,630	249,630

 

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