Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7907M

Brown (N.) Group PLC

29 August 2013

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		N Brown Group PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of 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 notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	28 August 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 August 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1P6ZR11        13,968,831 13,968,831 137,079 137,079 13,974,580 0.048%                         4.931%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage 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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,111,659	4.979%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA08 33,656 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 72,126 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 320,028 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 35,741 The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited                                  A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 45,900 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 811056 21,116 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c BBH05 67,470 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd                                 A/c 301780 24,376 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA03 7,681,755 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA05 366,571 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA07 3,250,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 27642 15,079 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07197 122,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA09 17,386 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 3,541 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA12 79,871 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c ZLA14 20,913 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 34789 181,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10491 752,878 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 500,615 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10490 499,637
14 Contact name:	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group OR Peter Tynan, N Brown Group PLC
15. Contact telephone name:	01793 363751 - Threadneedle  OR 0161 238 2299 - N Brown

 

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