Holding(s) in Company

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

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):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

FIL Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

See attached schedule

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 

26 October 2009 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27 October 2009 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares 

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 

Indirect

Direct 

Indirect 

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1YKG049

13,871,115

13,871,115

12,840,813

12,840,813

4.99

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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

12,840,813

4.99

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

1,030,302

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

26 October 2009

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Susan Tudor-Coulson

15. Contact telephone number:

0113 285 6868

SHARES HELD NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT

COMPANY

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients

427,300 

Bank of New York Brussels 

FPM 

2,096,749 

BNP Paribas, Paris 

FIGEST 

3,770,194 

Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX 

FIL 

404,919 

JP Morgan, Bournemouth 

FIL 

3,485,838 

JP Morgan, Bournemouth 

FISL 

25,731 

Nomura Trust and Banking 

FIJ 

884,700 

Northern Trust London 

FPM 

1,320,282 

JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C) 

FIL 

425,100 

National ASTL BK Melbourne (S) 

FIL