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5 Apr 2012 11:58
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
On 4 April 2012 3i Infrastructure 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 event changing the breakdown of voting rights.
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
3i Group plc (direct and indirect)
3i Assets LLP (direct)
3i Investments plc (indirect)
3i Holdings plc (indirect)
3i plc (indirect)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited (a/c 3i plc) for 180,440,753 voting rights, beneficially owned by 3i Group plc.
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited for 120,481,908 voting rights, beneficially owned by 3i Assets LLP.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
2 April 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:
4 April 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
N/A
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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||
JEOOB1RJLF86
|
300,922,661 |
300,922,661 |
300,922,661 |
300,922,661 |
SEE SECTION 9 BELOW
|
300,922,661 |
SEE SECTION 9 BELOW
|
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 |
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 | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
| |
Nominal | Delta | |||||
Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
300,922,661
| 34.14% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
This technical notification of a change in the breakdown of voting rights results from the implementation of the contingent asset arrangements agreed between 3i Group plc and the Trustees of the 3i Group Pension Plan which were disclosed in the 3i Group plc half-yearly results for the six months to 30 September 2011.
Direct interests:
3i Group plc (180,440,753 voting rights) and 3i Assets LLP (120,481,908 voting rights) together have a direct interest in the total number of voting rights disclosed in section 8 above (i.e. 300,922,661 voting rights).
3i Assets LLP is a wholly owned subsidiary of 3i Group plc.
Indirect interests:
3i Group plc has an indirect interest in the 120,481,908 voting rights held by 3i Assets LLP.
3i Investments plc (a wholly owned subsidiary of 3i Group plc) has an indirect interest in 180,440,753 voting rights in its capacity as the discretionary Investment Manager of 3i Group plc.
3i Holdings plc and 3i plc are both wholly owned subsidiary undertakings of 3i Group plc, parent undertakings of 3i Investments plc and have an indirect interest in the 180,440,753 voting rights in which 3i Investments plc is interested.
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:
State Street Secretaries (Jersey) Limited
Company Secretary
Telephone: 01534 711 444