Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7302T

Michael Page International PLC

09 December 2011

 



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:

Michael Page International 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:	Artisan Partners Holdings LP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Investment Corporation, ZFIC, Inc. Andrew A.Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	State Street, State Street Luxembourg, Bank of New York, Mellon Bank, Northern Trust, JP Morgan Chase, Pictet & Cie
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	December 7, 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	December 8, 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 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
GB0030232317	14,743,708	4.86%			15,483,502		5.11%

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
15,483,502	5.11%

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

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009.  Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009.  Artisan Partners Holdings LP is the sole member of Artisan Investments GP LLC, and is the sole limited partners of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership.  Control of Artisan Partners Holdings LP (formerly named Artisan Partners Limited Partnership) is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investment Corporation.  All of the outstanding stock of Artisan Investment Corporation is owned by ZFIC, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.  Andrew A. Ziegler and Carlene M. Ziegler each own 50% of the voting stock of ZFIC, Inc.  APLP, pursuant to advisory contracts, has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most clients.  Persons other than APLP are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, all of the securities reported hereunder. Artisan International Value Fund ("ARTIV"), is a series of Artisan Partners Funds Inc., a U.S. registered investment company.  Certain officers and a director of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc. are employees of APLP.  APLP pursuant to its advisory contract with ARTIV has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of ARTIV and to vote for ARTIV.  ARTIV, as of December 7, 2011, was interested in 9,932,243 shares, representing 3.27% of the 5.11% disclosed above, of Michael Page International PLC.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
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:	Lisa Moran
15. Contact telephone number:	414.390.1994

 

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