Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 8108G

IG Group Holdings plc

08 February 2010

 



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			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):______________			N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Janus Capital Management LLC ("Janus")
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):	4 February 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

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 21,800,003	Number of voting rights 21,800,003	Number of shares 21,273,699	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				21,273,699 Direct	Indirect	5.89% Direct	Indirect

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
21,273,699	5.89%

 

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:	Janus Capital Management LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	526,304
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	4 February 2010

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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