Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4021Y

Melrose PLC

04 July 2008

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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:

Melrose Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	No
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): Placing shares and Open Offer shares	Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	01/07/08
6. Date on which issuer notified:	02/07/08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 12%, 11% & 10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B23DKN29	16,318,706	16,318,706	38,609,973	0	38,609,973	0%	7.759%

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
38,609,973	7.759%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
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:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 41408       144,375 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449    1,656,289 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02891  16,250,490 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479           9,651 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667    1,004,794 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469    1,430,682 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496    2,792,121 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492    3,078,920 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491    5,492,721 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495    3,578,721 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489    2,959,775 BNY (OSC) Nominees Ltd A/c 219064  211,434
14 Contact name:	Company Secretary, Threadneedle group
15. Contact telephone name:	0207 464 5000

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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