Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8804E

IP Group PLC

13 April 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			IP Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				x
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: iii		OppenheimerFunds, Inc ("OFI")
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		April 11, 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		April 12, 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		8% (increased to 8.03%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

20,120,750

20,120,750

N/A

N/A

20,534,370

N/A

8.03%

GB00B128J450

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

20,534,370

8.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The percentage of holdings noted above is based on the total outstanding shares of 255,763,664.  Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) is the ultimate parent company of OppenheimerFunds, Inc (OFI).  OFI is the registered investment adviser that manages the OppenheimerFunds mutual funds. The 20,534,370 shares acquired by OFI are held as follows: Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund:  1,534,370 shares or 0.60% of the outstanding shares Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund: 19,000,000 shares or 7.43% of the outstanding shares
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Greg Smith
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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