Last checked at 14 May 2010 14:49
| 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: | International Personal Finance plc |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | √ | |
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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 to the notification obligation:
| FMR LLC |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| See attached schedule |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 12 May 2010 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 13 May 2010 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| 5% |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares
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| 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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| GB00B1YKG049 | 13,119,248 | 13,119,248 | 12,780,956 |
| 12,780,956 |
| 4.96 |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| 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 |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights
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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 |
| 12,780,956 | 4.96% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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See attached schedule
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| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:
| FMR LLC |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
| 338,292 |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
| 12 May 2010 |
| 13. Additional information:
| None |
| 14. Contact name:
| Susan Tudor-Coulson |
| 15. Contact telephone number:
| 0113 283 6868 |
SCHEDULE FOR FMR
FMR
Issuer name: International Personal Finance plc
Current ownership percentage: 4.96%
Total shares held: 12,780,956
Issued share capital: 257,217,888
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| Shares Held | Nominee | Management Company |
| FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) | 471,891 54,639 49,102 10,414,421 193,221 250,702 95,800 301,362 299,000 534,973 115,845 | Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. CIBC Mellon Trust JP Morgan Chase Bank Mellon Bank N.A. Mellon Bank N.A. Northern Trust Co. State Street Bank and TR Co. State Street Bank and TR Co. CIBC Mellon Trust (C) Mellon Bank N.A. (C)
| FMRCO PTC FCL FMRCO FMRCO PTC FMRCO PTC PGATC FCL PTC |