Pennon Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 24, 2015

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RNS Number : 2743L

Pennon Group PLC

24 April 2015

PENNON GROUP PLC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOLDING IN COMPANY

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1.     Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

PENNON GROUP PLC / GB00B18V8630

2.     Reason for the notification

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights.             

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group.

4.     Full name of shareholder(s)

See additional information in Para 13.

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

21 April 2015

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

22 April 2015

7.     Threshold(s) that is crossed:  Below the threshold of 5%

8.     Notified details:  

A:    Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
GB00B18V8630	35,301,271	35,301,271

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B18V8630	197,221	197,221	20,130,933	0.048%	4.898%

B:    Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction         

Type of financial instrument -	Exercise Price -	Expiration Date -	Exercise / Conversion period -	Number of voting rights Instrument refers to -	% of voting rights -

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
20,328,154	4.946%

9.     Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle 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/A

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner

Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA08	26,512
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 41407	2,997,923
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	553,584
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	306,188
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	213,595
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	800,330
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	118,744
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA01	525,000
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA03	5,345,118
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c 52286	424,883
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07198	197,221
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	12,201
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA09	13,648
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	7,501
State Street Bank & Trust Boston	A/c GPE1	392,215
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA12	222,043
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA14	69,523
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c 07207	444,497
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	305,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	170,013
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	3,518,278
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	332,001
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	1,045,819
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10495	1,515,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	90,000
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA15	681,317

14. Contact Name: Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 1793 363 135

Identity of the Issuer

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

Pennon Group Plc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7HR

Contact name    Richard Zmuda - Assistant Company Secretary

Phone number   01392 443517

24 April 2015

www.pennon-group.co.uk

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