Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8602A

Pennon Group PLC

10 June 2016

 

PENNON GROUP PLC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOLDING IN COMPANY

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

        PENNON GROUP PLC / GB00B18V8630

2.     Reason for the notification

        Disposal of voting rights.

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

        Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4.     Full name of shareholder(s)

        Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

        Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

        7 June 2016

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

        9 June 2016

7.     Threshold(s) that is crossed:  L&G (below 3%)

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
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB00B18V8630	12,383,318	12,383,318

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B18V8630	Below 3%	Below 3%	-	Below 3%	-

B:    Financial Instruments

        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	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 -

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Below 3%	Below 3%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position) Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (Below 5% = UTM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited  (PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

10. Name of the proxy holder:

  N/A

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:

        Notification using the total voting rights figure of  412,620,278        

14. Contact Name:  Amy Williams (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number: 029 2035 4097

Identity of the issuer

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

                Pennon Group Plc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7HR

Contact name   Karen Senior - Assistant Company Secretary

Phone number   01392 443060

10 June 2016

www.pennon-group.co.uk

 

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