Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1967U

International Personal Finance Plc

19 June 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:	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent  300,000  Bank of New York Brussels  FPM  holding company for various direct and indirect  3,083,700  BNP Paribas, Paris  FIGEST  subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management  1,674,988  Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX  FIL  Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd  264,300  JP Morgan, Bournemouth  FIL  (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL  4,649,642  JP Morgan, Bournemouth  FISL  Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL),  27,500  Nomura Trust and Banking  FIJ  FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong)  700,000  Northern Trust London  FPM  Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management  1,866,100  JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C)  FIL  (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL  425,100  National ASTL BK Melbourne (S)  FIL  Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	17 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18 June 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	12,644,930	12,644,930	12,991,330		12,991,330		5.05

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
12,991,330	5.05

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent  300,000  Bank of New York Brussels  FPM  holding company for various direct and indirect  3,083,700  BNP Paribas, Paris  FIGEST  subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management  1,674,988  Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX  FIL  Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd  264,300  JP Morgan, Bournemouth  FIL  (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL  4,649,642  JP Morgan, Bournemouth  FISL  Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL),  27,500  Nomura Trust and Banking  FIJ  FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong)  700,000  Northern Trust London  FPM  Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management  1,866,100  JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C)  FIL  (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL  425,100  National ASTL BK Melbourne (S)  FIL  Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	346,400
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	17 June 2009

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

 

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