Management Consulting Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (3926V)

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RNS Number : 3926V

Management Consulting Group PLC

15 April 2016

The Company has received notification of the following increase in voting rights.

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or 
  the underlying issuer                                            Management Consulting Group 
  of existing shares to which                                                  plc 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                     X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                           Henderson Group plc 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                             13 April 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                15 April 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                      Above 24% (see section 13 
  crossed or                                                        for additional details) 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                            Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                             triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number                      Number            Number     Number of                % of voting 
                 of                          of               of          voting                   rights (x) 
                 Shares                      Voting           shares      rights 
                                             Rights 
-------------  --------------------------  ----------------  ---------  -----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                              Direct     Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                         (xi)        (xii) 
-------------      ---------  -----------      ------------  ---------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary              118,636,639            118,636,639                           120,974,819                   24.00% 
               --------------------------  ----------------  ---------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 GB0001979029 
-------------      ---------  -----------      ------------    -------    -------  ------------      --------    --------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration                Exercise/                    Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date                      Conversion                   rights that                rights 
 instrument          (xiii)                    Period (xiv)                 may be 
                                                                            acquired if 
                                                                            the 
                                                                            instrument 
                                                                            is 
                                                                            exercised/ 
                                                                            converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise     Expiration       Exercise/       Number of voting                    % of voting 
 financial        price         date             Conversion      rights instrument                   rights (xix, 
 instrument                     (xvii)           period          refers to                           xx) 
                                                 (xviii) 
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      CFD                                                                   9,351,222               Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  ----------------------------------  ------------  --------- 
                                                                                                       1.85% 
-------------      ---------  -----------      ------------    -------    -------  ------------    ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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                         130,326,041                                                      25.85% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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   See Annex 1 below. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                                    This disclosure has been 
                                                                 calculated based on total 
                                                                 voting rights 504,033,012. 
                                                                 Please note the ordinary 
                                                                 shareholding has crossed 
                                                                 above the 24% threshold, 
                                                                 the total holding remains 
                                                                 within the 25% threshold. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                    Scott Dickenson 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                         020 7818 4184 
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 Annex 1: Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable 
  box): 
 
  [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer.(xiii) 
 
  [X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal 
  entity(xiv) : 
        Name(xv)            % of voting          % of voting            Total of both 
                            rights if it        rights through           if it equals 
                            equals or is     financial instruments       or is higher 
                            higher than          if it equals         than the notifiable 
                           the notifiable        or is higher              threshold 
                             threshold        than the notifiable 
                                                   threshold 
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 Henderson Group 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, AlphaGen 
  Capital Limited             10.41%               Below 5%                 12.68% 
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 Henderson Group 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, Henderson 
  Global Investors 
  Limited                     13.58%                  -                     13.58% 
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