Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0143B

International Personal Finance Plc

19 October 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

International Personal Finance plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		√
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 the notification obligation:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	14 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1YKG049	12,828,660	12,828,660	13,460,723		13,460,723		5.23

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% 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	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,460,723	5.23

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	632,063
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	14 October 2009

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Susan Tudor-Coulson
15. Contact telephone number:	0113 283 6868

SCHEDULE FOR FMR

FMR

Issuer name:                        International Personal Finance plc

Current ownership percentage:            5.23%

Total shares held:                    13,460,723

Issued share capital:                    257,217,888

	Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC)	432,124     10,800     10,701,536     248,400     124,400     95,800     949,463     72,500     299,000     129,200     397,500	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. JP Morgan Chase Bank Mellon Bank N.A. Mellon Bank N.A. Northern Trust Co. State Street Bank and TR Co. State Street Bank and TR Co. State Street Bank and TR Co. CIBC Mellon Trust (C) Northern Trust Co. (C)	FMRCO PTC FMRCO FMRCO PTC FMRCO FMRCO PTC PGATC FCL PTC

 

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