Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2031Y

Phoenix Group Holdings

27 February 2012

 



Financial Services Authority

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:			Phoenix Group Holdings
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:		Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Trust (formerly known as the Tarragona Trust)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		(i) Euroclear Bank (ii) Goldman Sachs Securities Nominees Ltd (designated a/c ILSEG) (iii) Pershing Nominees Ltd (designated a/c PERNY)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		23 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		24 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

€0.0001 ISIN KYG7091M1096

8,724,239

7,724,239

NIL

7,724,239

NIL

4.43%

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

7,724,239

4.43%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Please provide details of any controlled undertakens where the voting rights are held
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Andrew Caunt, Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	(+ 44) 020 3349 8700

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Trust
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP 200 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8HF
Phone number & email	0203 349 8700  [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP
Contact address	200 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HF
Phone number & email	0203 349 8700  [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Solicitors.  Contact Andrew Caunt
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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