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30/11/2015 14:41

RNS Number : 4069H
Connect Group PLC
30 November 2015
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Connect Group PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
No
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 
No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
No
Other (please specify): Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive
Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
Nortrust Nominees Ltd
Vidacos Nominees Ltd
Chase Nominees Ltd
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
N/A - Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive
6. Date on which issuer notified:
30th November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive

 
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
% ofvoting rightsx
Direct
Directxi
Indirectxii
Direct
Indirect
GB00B17WCR61
10,012,566
10,012,566
0
0
18,797,196
0.000% 
7.693% 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument
Expiration date
Exercise/ conversion period
No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.
Percentage of voting rights





C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument
Exercise Price
Expiration date
Exercise / conversion period
No. of voting rights instrument refers to
Percentage of voting rights





Nominal
Delta







Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
18,797,196
7.693% 


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (1.015%)
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.233%)
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (6.445%)
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC is wholly owned by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
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:
The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9.
Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14 Contact name:
Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:
+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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