5th Jul 2007 13:30
Investec PLC05 July 2007 +-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|Investec Limited |Investec plc || | ||Incorporated in the Republic of South |Incorporated in England and Wales ||Africa | || |Registration number 3633621 ||Registration number 1925/002833/06 | || |JSE share code: INP ||JSE share code: INL | || |ISIN: GB00B17BBQ50 ||ISIN: ZAE000081949 | |+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ As part of the dual listed company ('DLC') structure, Investec plc and InvestecLimited notify both the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited of matterswhich are required to be disclosed under the Disclosure & Transparency and Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority (the 'UKLA') and/or theJSE Listing Requirements. Accordingly, we advise of the following: TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached (ii): Investec plc 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: N/A An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: N/A Other (please specify): N/A 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): N/A 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached(v): 02 July 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 05 July 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares Situation previous to Resulting situationif possible using the the Triggering after the triggeringISIN CODE transaction (vi) transaction (vi) Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii) Investec plc Ordinary 18,808,328 18,808,328Shares (ISINGB00B17BBQ50) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rightsif possible using (ix)the ISIN CODE Direct Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect Investec plc 1,255,226 1,255,226 17,661,490 0.33 4.69Ordinary Shares(ISIN GB00B17BBQ50) B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of votingfinancial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) rights that may be rightsinstrument acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting % of votingrights rights 18,916,716 5.02% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): Name of the Company / Number of Shares % of issued share Fund capital AXA Ireland Pension Fund 2,522 0.00067 Indirect AXA Rosenberg 413,600 0.10973 Direct AXA UK Investment Co 21,710 0.00576ICVCGlobal Distribution Fund Indirect AXA UK Investment Co 68,743 0.01824ICVCGlobal Growth Fund Indirect AXA UK Investment Co 100,000 0.02653ICVCEthical Fund Indirect AXA Rosenberg 333,600 0.08851 Direct AXA Colonia Konzern 34,812 0.00924 Indirect AXA France 5,525 0.00147 Indirect AXA Rosenberg 17,156,463 4.55182 Indirect AXA Financial, Inc * 1,230 0.00033 Indirect Sun Life Pensions Management 1,000 0.00027Ltd Direct Sun Life Unit Assurance 68,700 0.01823LtdFTSE All Share Tracker Direct Sun Life Pensions 338,709 0.08986ManagementFTSE All Share Tracker Direct AXA Framlington 270,485 0.07176Framlington Income &Capital Indirect AXA Winterthur 99,617 0.02643 Direct Total Direct 1,255,226 0.33303 Total Indirect 17,661,490 4.68581 TOTAL 18,916,716 5.01884 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: 14. Contact name: David Miller Company Secretary Investec plc 15. Contact telephone number: 0207 597 4541 Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities): AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies. Contact address (registered office for legal entities) 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris Phone number: N/A Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): N/A B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name: Terry Marsh Contact address: AXA Investment Managers UK Limited, 7 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7NX Phone number: 020 7003 2637 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legalentity subject to the notification obligation): AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsiduary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turnindirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A. C: Additional information : N/A Notes to the Forms (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filedwith the competent authority. (ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifyingthe issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate. (iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the personacquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for inDTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to inDTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instrumentsentitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), thefollowing list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires thevoting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and thenatural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for considerationthe voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding thecollateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights anddeclares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateralunder these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a lifeinterest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rightsattached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights whenthe life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, underDTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, thecontrolled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of theshares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares depositedwith him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposittaker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls thevoting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he canexercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has givenhis proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rightsat his discretion. (iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This shouldbe the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the naturalperson or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2. (v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an onexchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in thecase of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which theacquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (seeDTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event tookeffect. (vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, incase the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, pleasestate 'below 3%'. (vii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying partyshould not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the newholding is less than 3%. For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure ofindividual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individuallycrosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. (viii) Direct and indirect (ix) In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'directholding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rightsnumber and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is nocombined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. (x) Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a directshareholder (DTR 5.1) (xi) Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR5.2.1) (xii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying partyshould not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the newholding is below 3%. (xiii) date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the datewhen the right to acquire shares ends. (xiv) If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-for example once every three months starting from the (date) (xv) The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakingsthrough which the voting rights are held. The notification should also includethe amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlledundertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 5% ormore, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended tocover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. (xvi ) This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. (xvii) Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of theshareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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