Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 6435F

IG Group Holdings plc

10 October 2008

 



IG Group Holdings Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares
10 October 2008 

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:		IG Group Holdings 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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):______________			N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Investec Asset Management Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	29 September 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 October 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares Ordinary Shares ISIN:ISIN: GB00B06QFB75	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 17,866,694	Number of voting rights 17,866,694	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect 17,916,336	Direct	Indirect 5.01%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
17,916,336	5.01%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
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:
14 Contact name:	Guy Abbi, Company Secretary IG Group Holdings plc
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7896 0011

 

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