4th May 2010 17:22
| 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: | International Personal Finance plc | 
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
| 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | No | |
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | No | |
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |
| 
 Other (please specify): | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 
 | Standard Life Investments Ltd | 
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 
 | Vidacos nominees | 
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 
 | 30 April 2010 | 
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
 | 03 May 2010 | 
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
 | 6% | 
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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| 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 | |||
| 
 | 15,861,116 | 15,861,116 | 15,357,228 | 8,878,105 | 6,479,123 | 3.452% | 2.519% | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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| 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 | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights 
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 | Nominal | Delta 
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| Total (A+B+C) 
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | 
| 15,357,228 | 5.971% | 
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | 
| 
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| Proxy Voting: 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
 | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 
 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 
 | 
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| 13. Additional information: 
 | 
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| 14. Contact name: 
 | Susan Tudor-Coulson 
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| 15. Contact telephone number: 
 | 0113 285 6868 | 
Related Shares:
Inter. Pers.