Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4090B

Connect Group PLC

06 January 2015

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Connect 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): Update to the Total Voting Rights figure.					X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	17 December 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18 December 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	See Item 13

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B17WCR61

10,143,730

10,143,730

13,063,367

13,063,367

0

5.36%

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

13,063,367

5.36%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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) M&G Securities 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:	M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) has moved below a 5% notifiable interest triggering this notification.
14. Contact name:	Owen Smith / James Todd M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7004 4517 / 020 7548 2293

Notifiable Position Report for

CONNECT GROUP PLC

as at 17 December 2014

Percentage holdings are calculated using 243,617,563 Total Voting Rights

Country of Jurisdiction: UNITED KINGDOM

	Registered Holder	Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc			13,063,367	5.36
ORD GBP0.05 B17WCR6 Holding Type : Direct		13,063,367	13,063,367	5.36
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGS STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMID STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIG	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000
	Sub Total:	13,063,367	13,063,367
M&G Group Limited			13,063,367	5.36
ORD GBP0.05 B17WCR6		13,063,367	13,063,367	5.36
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGS STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMID STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIG	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000
M&G Investment Management Limited			13,063,367	5.36
ORD GBP0.05 B17WCR6		13,063,367	13,063,367	5.36
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGS STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMID STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIG	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000
M&G Limited			13,063,367	5.36
ORD GBP0.05 B17WCR6		13,063,367	13,063,367	5.36
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGS STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMID STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIG	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000	195,012 709,931 9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000
M&G Securities Limited			12,158,424	4.99
ORD GBP0.05 B17WCR6		12,158,424	12,158,424	4.99
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMGS STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMID STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIF STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIG	9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000	9,000,000 1,800,000 58,424 1,300,000

 

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