1st Oct 2012 16:00
All of these transactions are a result of internal restructuring of Xercise2 Limited (shareholder of Phoenix Group Holdings) and its subsidiaries.
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: 
 | Phoenix Group Holdings | |||
| 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 thenotification obligation: | Alpha-Gamma Shares Limited | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | 
 
 
 | |||
| 
 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: 
 | 24 September 2012 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 28 September 2012 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: 
 | 5% | |||
| 8. Notified details: 
 | ||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | 
 Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
| EUR 0.0001 | 7,869,546 (4.51%) | 8,852,266 | 8,852,266 | - | 5.07% | - | ||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| 
 Type of financialinstrument | 
 Expirationdate | 
 Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | 
 % of votingrights | ||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| 
 Type of financialinstrument 
 | 
 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 | |||||||||||||
| 8,852,266 | 5.07% | |||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||
| 
 | ||||||||
| Proxy Voting: | ||||||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||
| 13. Additional information: | ||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | Stephen Farrugia | |||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 725 0810 | |||||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: 
 | Phoenix Group Holdings | |||
| 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 thenotification obligation: | Alpha-Gamma Shares Limited | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | 
 
 
 | |||
| 
 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: 
 | 28 September 2012 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 28 September 2012 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: 
 | 5%,4% and 3% | |||
| 8. Notified details: 
 | ||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | 
 Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
| EUR 0.0001 | 8,852,266 (5.07 %) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | ||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| 
 Type of financialinstrument | 
 Expirationdate | 
 Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | 
 % of votingrights | ||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| 
 Type of financialinstrument 
 | 
 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 | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 0% | |||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||
| 
 | ||||||||
| Proxy Voting: | ||||||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||
| 13. Additional information: | ||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | Stephen Farrugia | |||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 725 0810 | |||||||
Related Shares:
Phoenix Group Holdings