Notifications of Major Intere

RNS Number : 7278G

IG Group Holdings plc

27 October 2008

 



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:		IG Group Holdings PLC
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 event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):______________			N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Janus Capital Management, LLC ('Janus')
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	23 October 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code= Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00B06QFB75	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares  28,019,235	Number of voting rights  28,019,235	Number of shares  24,850,617	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				24,850,617 Direct	Indirect	6.95% Direct	Indirect

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
24,850,617	6.95%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Janus Capital Management LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	3,168,618
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	23 October 2008

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Guy Abbi, Company Secretary, IG Group Holdings plc
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7896 0011

 

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