Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3027M

Northumbrian Water Group PLC

27 January 2009

 



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:

Northumbrian Water Group 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
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 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	From 13% to 14%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct		Indirect
ORD  GBP 0.10 GB0033029744	68,784,375	68,784,375	72,771,769		72,771,769		14.03%

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
72,771,769	14.03%

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

Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 65,000 JP Morgan Chase - 3,140,463 Citibank - 59,188,284 HSBC Bank plc (London) - 985,718 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 8,680,791 North Trust Company (London) - 687,792 Other - 23,721

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Kate Alsop
15. Contact telephone name:	0191 301 6701

 

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