Notification of Substantial S

RNS Number : 0161B

IG Group Holdings plc

08 August 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	Yes
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):	05 August 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 August 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10.0%

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 32,750,008	Number of voting rights 32,750,008	Number of shares 31,566,527	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				31,566,527 Direct	Indirect	9.64% 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
31,566,527	9.64%

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:	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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