Inter. Pers. Regulatory News (IPF)

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):

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 FIL Limited

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:

 27 April 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03 May 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1YKG049

12,700,350

12,700,350

13,001,780

13,001,780

5.05

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

13,001,780

5.05%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

 301,430

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

 27 April 2011

13. Additional information:

 None

14. Contact name:

 Susan Tudor-Coulson

15. Contact telephone number:

 0113 283 6868

Shares Held

Nominee

Management Company

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

173,200

Bank of New York Brussels

FPM

10,089,697

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux

FIL

160,721

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co

FIJ

733,499

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FIL

72,445

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FISL

10,124

Nomura Trust and Banking

FIJ

243,900

Northern Trust London

FPM

366,834

Kookmin Bank

FIL

638,912

KAS Bank NV (s)

FIL

25,551

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux (c)

FIL

446,897

JP Morgan, Bournemouth (c)

FIL