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RNS Number : 2181P
Guinness Peat Group PLC
15 August 2014
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:ii
Guinness Peat 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): 


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
M&G Investment Funds (3)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIQ
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
12 August 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
14 August 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
See Item 13


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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 x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
ORD GBP0.05
GB00B4MFLB8
Below 5%
Below 5%
102,376,275
102,376,275
0
7.27%
0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights






C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx




Nominal
Delta



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
102,376,275
7.27%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

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 7.27% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 7.27%being disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies and is NOT in addition to it.
14. Contact name:
Owen Smith / Poonam Stammers
M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7004 4517 / 020 3480 6135

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