KGP.L Regulatory News (KGP)

19 Mar 2008 17:47

Kingspan Group PLC19 March 2008 Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/ECFinancial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Kingspan Group plc 2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: Invesco Ltd 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 13 March 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 14 March 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6.00% 8. Notified Details: A) Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares (if the Triggeringpossible using transactionthe ISIN CODE) Number of Number of Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights Shares Voting rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ord Euro 13 8,734,955 8,734,955 10,360,627 10,360,627 6.08IE0004927939SUBTOTAL A 8,734,955 8,734,955 10,360,627 10,360,627 6.08(based onaggregate votingrights) B) Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument Period/ Date rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights 10,360,627 6.08% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Invesco Asset Management Ltd - 1,038,223 Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 8,826 Invesco Asset Management Ltd Dublin - 30,750 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco GT Asset Management Ltd - 783,000 AIM Funds Management Inc - 8,010,923 PowerShares Capital Management Ireland - 5,765 PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 171,740 AIM Advisors & AIM Funds Management Inc - 311,400 Proxy Voting: 10. Name of 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: 14. Contact name: 15. Contact telephone number: Annex to the standard form TR-1 a) Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation:Full name (including legal form for legal entities) Invesco LimitedContact address (registered office for legal entities) Invesco Limited 30 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1AG Phone number 0044 1491 417404 Other useful information (at least legal representativefor legal persons) b) Identity of the notifier, if applicable:Full name Noel MoynihanContact address Invesco Asset Management Ireland Limited Georges Quay House 43 Townsend Street Dublin 2 Phone number 01 439 8260 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship Head of Compliance for Invesco in Irelandwith the person or legal entity subject to thenotification obligation) c) Additional information This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange