Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1053N

IP Group PLC

04 June 2010

 



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:

IP Group PLC (the "Company")

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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:	Howson Tattersall Investment Counsel Limited on behalf of itself and Mackenzie Financial Corporation (which has an individual notification obligation)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	BNY Mellon Nominees (6,326,179 voting rights) State Street Nominees (1,428,899 voting rights)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	June 3, 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	June 3, 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3% (see box 9)

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
GB00B128J450	7,755,078 (see box 9)				7,755,078 (see box 9)		3.03%

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
7,755,078	3.03%

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

3.03% of the voting rights are held by Howson Tattersall Investment Counsel Limited, as investment manager which has a disclosable interest as a result of DTR 5.2.1R(h). Howson Tattersall Investment Counsel Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Mackenzie Financial Corporation, which has an indirect holding of 3.03% as a result of DTR 5.2.1R(e).

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:
14. Contact name:	Greg Smith
15. Contact telephone number:	0845 0742929

 

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