13th Jan 2015 12:32
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  | Kingspan Group 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 thenotification obligation: iii  | 
 
 M&G Investment Funds (3)  | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv  | 
 
 State Street Nominees Ltd A/C GMIQ 
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5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v  | 09 January 2015  | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 12 January 2015  | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii  | 4% - 3% See item 13  | |||
8. Notified details:  | |||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix  | |||||||||||||||||
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 x  | |||||||||||||
Direct  | Direct xi  | Indirect xii  | Direct  | Indirect  | |||||||||||||
IE0004927939  | 6,950,000  | 6,950,000  | 6,750,000  | 6,750,000  | 0  | 3.93%  | 0  | ||||||||||
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 
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  | Nominal  | Delta  | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C)  | |||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights  | Percentage of voting rights  | ||||||||||||||||
6,750,000  | 3.93%  | ||||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi  | ||
 
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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:  | With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds (3) is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed. 
 This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification 
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14. Contact name:  | Owen Smith / James Todd M&G Investment Management Limited  | |
15. Contact telephone number:  | 020 7004 4517 / 020 7548 2293  | |
Related Shares:
KGP.L