National Express Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (7644C)

TIDMNEX

RNS Number : 7644C

National Express Group PLC

21 January 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying         National Express Group Plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which 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) subject                 M&G Investment Funds (3) 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                 State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIQ 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                    19 January 2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                      20 January 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                        (OEIC) 
  or                                                        Below 5% 
  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 triggering 
  of              to the triggering                     transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number           Number               Number   Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                  of               of                  of        rights                    (x) 
                  Shares           Voting              shares 
                                   Rights 
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                                                       Direct   Direct         Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
                                                                 (xi)           (xii) 
--------------      ---  ------  ------  -----  ----  -------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ------------ 
                                                       Below                                 Below 
 GB0006215205      25,748,144         25,748,144         5%       Below 5%                     5% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration      Exercise/                   Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)     Conversion Period           rights that may              rights 
                                           (xiv)                       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 financial   Exercise     Expiration     Exercise/      Number of voting              % of voting rights 
  instrument          price        date (xvii)    Conversion     rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
                                                  period         refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
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                                                                                              Nominal     Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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 Below 5%                                                       Below 5% 
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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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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                         N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                         N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                          N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           With reference to item 3, M&G Investments 
  13. Additional information:               Funds (3) is an Open Ended Investment 
                                            Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential 
                                            group company and must be separately 
                                            disclosed. 
                                            This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment 
                                            Management Limited (a wholly owned 
                                            subsidiary of Prudential plc) and 
                                            will have been previously attributed 
                                            to Prudential plc solely on the basis 
                                            that M&G Investment Management Ltd 
                                            has direct fund management control 
                                            over the shares identified in this 
                                            notification. 
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 14. Contact name:                         Dianne Robinson 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             0121 460 8629 
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