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16 Feb 2011 12:10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
On 15 February 2011 3i Group plc ("the Issuer") was notified of the following details relating to a major interest in its shares.
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
3i Group plc
2. Reason for the notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights.
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
11/02/2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:
15/02/2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Above 5% Aggregated Threshold
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
Class/type of shares | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
if possible using the ISIN CODE | Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
GB00B1YW4409 | 48,481,056 | 48,481,056 | 20,179,624 | 18,298,276 | 1,881,348 | 1.885% | 0.194% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights |
Call option Call option Call option
|
|
May 2011 OTC June 2011 OTC July 2011 OTC |
4,294,092 15,745,004 8,588,184 |
0.44% 1.63% 0.89%
|
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
| ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
| |
Swap | N/A | N/A | N/A | 258,487 | Nominal | Delta |
N/A | 0.027% | |||||
Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
49,065,391 | 5.055% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:
Issuer contact details:
Jackie Harper, Group Secretariat
Telephone: 020 7975 3530