Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5121J

3i Group PLC

31 March 2010

 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

On 31 March 2010 3i Group plc ("the Issuer") was notified of the following details relating to a major interest in its shares.

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:     

3i Group plc

2. Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights.

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):        

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

30/03/2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:   

31/03/2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Below 5%

8. Notified details:   

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1YW4409	50,548,855	48,555,507	50,473,855	N/A	48,480,507	N/A	4.996%

B: Qualifying 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

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	% of voting rights
48,480,507	4.99%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited                47,859,341      4.932%

Schroder & Co Limited                                               604,918           0.062%

Schroders (CI) Limited                                               16,248             0.002%

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:  

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.

Issuer contact details:

Jackie Harper, Group Secretariat

Telephone: [phone]

 

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