17 Jul 2009 17:16
| 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: | Development Securities 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 |
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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: | M&G Investment Funds 3 |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MKK01 |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 15 July 2009 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 17 July 2009 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5% |
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| ORD GBP0.50 RFD | 0 | 0 | 4,757,039 | 4,757,039 |
| 5.78% |
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| GB00B61GM796 | |||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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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| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 4,757,039 | 5.78% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
| 13. Additional information: |
With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed. This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification. Therefore the 5.78% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 8.82% already disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies and is NOT in addition to it. Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of 82,256,474. |
| 14. Contact name: | Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266 |