BROWN (N) GROUP PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Aug 29, 2013

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RNS Number : 7907M

Brown (N.) Group PLC

29 August 2013

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:		N Brown Group PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
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):___________________________			No
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):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	28 August 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 August 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use 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

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1P6ZR11	13,968,831	13,968,831	137,079	137,079	13,974,580	0.048%	4.931%

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
14,111,659	4.979%

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 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

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA08	33,656
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	72,126
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	320,028
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	35,741
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	45,900
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	21,116
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	67,470
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	24,376
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	7,681,755
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	366,571
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	3,250,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	15,079
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	122,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	17,386
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	3,541
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	79,871
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	20,913
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	181,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	752,878
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	500,615
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	499,637

14 Contact name:

Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group

OR

Peter Tynan, N Brown Group PLC

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363751 - Threadneedle  OR

0161 238 2299 - N Brown

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