Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9001A

SIG PLC

16 October 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:

SIG 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:	Ameriprise Financial Inc and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See additional information under 13
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	14 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 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
GB0008025412	30,059,312	30,059,312	513,565	513,565	27,439,029	0.087%	4.644%

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
CFD				1,000,436	Nominal	Delta
					0.169%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
28,953,030	4.900%

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

Ameriprise Financial Inc which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:	Registered Owner Chetwynd Nominees Ltd IPB Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd Morgan Stanley Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c XTHRF11 04F607602 02891 05577 05576 07198 07197 10478 10479 36199146 36199142 07203 07205 21667 21688 34789 07207 07199 10491 10488 10489 10490 02642	15,000 33,436 15,889,015 200,075 2,420,000 381,065 132,500 75,805 16,500 252,000 700,000 112,000 327,137 41,600 116,776 196,000 609,428 32,323 909,050 2,356,885 2,808,164 580,000 748,271
14. Contact name:	Company Secretary, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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