13 Feb 2012 16:03
RNS Announcement
13 February 2012
For Immediate Release
TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC ("Company")
TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC | |||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |||
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 thenotification obligation: | Jupiter Asset Management Limited | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | ||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 9 February 2012 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 February 2012 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | 4% - 5% | |||
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares | 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 | |||||||||||||
Ordinary | 45,377,616 | 45,377,616 | 47,609,919 | 5.209% | |||||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
47,609,919 | 5.208% | ||||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
These shares will appear on the register under:
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Proxy Voting: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Further information:
Tim Morris (020) 8753 8243