18th Dec 2015 17:45
FIRSTGROUP PLC - Holding(s) in CompanyFIRSTGROUP PLC - Holding(s) in Company
PR Newswire
London, December 18
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | FIRSTGROUP PLC | |||
| 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 | No | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | No | |||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |||
| Other (please specify): | No | |||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) LimitedNortrust Nominees LtdState Street Nominees LimitedVidacos Nominees Ltd | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 17 December 2015 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 18 December 2015 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Above the threshold of 5% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofsharesif possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| GB0003452173 | N/A | N/A | 540,295 | 540,295 | 63,080,949 | 0.045% | 5.236% | |||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 63,621,244 | 5.281% | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
| Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (5.281%)Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | ||
| 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: | The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies. | |
| 14. Contact name: | Robert Welch | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 725 5435 | |
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