Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSIAG 
 
RNS Number : 3930I 
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A 
10 March 2010 
 
 
 
TR-1:notification of major interests in shares 
 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying            |           Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A            | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting              |                        Limited                        | 
| rights are attached:                                   |                                                       | 
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| 2. Reason for the notification     (yes/no)                                    |                               | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                    |              No               | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may                  |              No               | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which                    |                               | 
| voting rights are attached                                                     |                               | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               |              No               | 
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| Other (please specify): On previously owned shares first                       |              Yes              | 
| becoming listed                                                                |                               | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the               | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its                    | 
| notification obligation:                               | group                                                 | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different           |         See additional information under 13.          | 
| from 3.):                                              |                                                       | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which          |        04 March 2010 (date of acquisition of          | 
| the threshold is crossed or reached if                 |          the shares, being before they first          | 
| different):                                            |                    became listed)                     | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:                      |        09 March 2010 (on the shares becoming          | 
|                                                        |                        listed)                        | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                 | Above the threshold of 5%                             | 
| reached:                                               |                                                       | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                   |                                        |              | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                               | 
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| Class/type of       | Situation           | Resulting situation after the triggering                              | 
| shares              | previous to the     | transaction                                                           | 
| If possible use     | triggering          |                                                                       | 
| ISIN CODE           | transaction         |                                                                       | 
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|                     | Number   | Number   | Number     | Number of voting      | Percentage of voting rights      | 
|                     | of       | of       | of         | rights                |                                  | 
|                     | shares   | voting   | shares     |                       |                                  | 
|                     |          | rights   |            |                       |                                  | 
+                     +          +          +------------+-----------------------+----------------------------------+ 
|                     |          |          |            | Direct   | Indirect   | Direct         | Indirect        | 
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| ISIN: GG00B5M8LC56  | N/A      | N/A      | 14,000,000 | 0        | 14,000,000 | 0.000%         | 13.333%         | 
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|          |          |          |          |            |          |            |                |              |  | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                               | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                   | 
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| Type of     | Expiration | Exercise/     | Number of      | Percentage | 
| financial   | date       | conversion    | voting rights  | of voting  | 
| instrument  |            | period/ date  | that may be    | rights     | 
|             |            |               | acquired (if   |            | 
|             |            |               | the instrument |            | 
|             |            |               | is exercised/  |            | 
|             |            |               | converted)     |            | 
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|             |            |               |                |            | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                       | 
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| Number of voting rights        | Percentage of voting rights      | 
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|      14,000,000                | 13.333%                          | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      | 
| rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if  | 
| applicable:                                                       | 
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| 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.                                                     | 
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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  |          N/A            | 
| will cease to hold:                       |                         | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease |          N/A            | 
| to hold voting rights:                    |                         | 
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| 13. Additional             | Registered Owner                       | 
| information:               | Littledown Nominees Ltd     A/c 18667  | 
|                            | 1,100,000                              | 
|                            | Littledown Nominees Ltd     A/c 10469  | 
|                            | 1,400,000                              | 
|                            | Littledown Nominees Ltd     A/c 10496  | 
|                            | 5,600,000                              | 
|                            | Littledown Nominees Ltd     A/c 10492  | 
|                            | 3,500,000                              | 
|                            | Littledown Nominees Ltd     A/c 10489  | 
|                            | 2,400,000                              | 
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| 14. Contact name:          | Company Secretary, Threadneedle group  | 
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| 15. Contact telephone      | [phone]                    | 
| number:                    |                                        | 
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