Last checked at 27 Mar 2012 14:17
The major interest holding disclosed in the TR-1 form below primarily relates to shares beneficially held by the Man Group plc Employee Benefit Trust, of which RBC are the Trustees.
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: |
Man 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): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| Royal Bank of Canada |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| RBC Trust Company (Jersey) Limited RBC Trustees (CI) Limited RBC cees Trustee Limited The Regent Trust Company Limited |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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20 March 2012 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 23 March 2012 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| Below 3% |
8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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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 | |||
ISIN GB00B28KQ186 Ord USD0.03428571 | 55,870,187 | 55,870,187 | 52,564,230 | 52,564,230 | 2.89% | ||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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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
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers 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 |
52,564,230 | 2.89% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
RBC Trustees (Channel Islands) Limited, RBC Trust Company (Jersey) Limited, RBC cees Trustee Limited and The Regent Trust Company Limited are all wholly owned subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Canada. |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
| Calculated on issued share capital of 1,818,457,084 |
14. Contact name:
| Rachel Rowson |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 020 7144 1732 |