Wilmington Regulatory News (WIL)

27 Feb 2007 10:32

Wilmington Group Plc27 February 2007 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached (ii):Wilmington Group Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( ) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) 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: ( ) Other (please specify) : EU Transparency Directive ( x ) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):See additional information under 13 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different) (v):n/a 6. Date on which issuer notified:22 February 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:n/a 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible using Situation previous to the Triggeringthe ISIN CODE transaction (vi) Number of Number of voting Rights shares (viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares if Number of Number of voting % of votingpossible using the ISIN shares rights (ix) rightsCODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect (x) (xi)GB0009692319 377,472 377,472 4,118,101 0.449% 4.895% B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument (xiii) Period/ Date exercised/ converted. rights (xiv) Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 4,495,573 5.343% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd andThreadneedle Pensions Ltd 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/a13. Additional information:Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 - 140,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 - 140,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 - 2,130,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 - 377,472Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 - 110,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 - 798,101Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 - 515,000Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 - 285,000 14. Contact name:Company secretary, Threadneedle Group 15. Contact telephone number:020 7464 5000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange