IMI PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Jan 27, 2016

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RNS Number : 1435N

IMI PLC

27 January 2016

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

IMI plc

2.      Reason for the notification: (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:	(X)
An acquisition or disposal of 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:

MFS Investment Management

4.      Full name of shareholder(s): (if different from 3.)

MFS invest in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients

5.      Date of the transaction: (and date on which the threshold Is crossed or reached)

25 January 2016

6.      Date on which issuer notified:

26 January 2016

7.      Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

10.00%  

8.      Notified details:

A:      Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using 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
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00BGLP8L22	26,706,157	26,706,157			27,662,162		10.17%

B:      Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

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

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
27,662,162	10.17%

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

Entity			Holding	Percentage Held
MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.A.			19,344	0.01%
MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd.			64,008	0.02%
MFS Investment Management			25,136,842	9.24%
MFS Heritage Trust Company			424,538	0.16%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.			1,622,807	0.60%
MFS International (U.K.) Limited			239,116	0.09%
MFS International Management K.K.			40,042	0.01%
MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd.			115,465	0.04%
Notifiable Interest			27,662,162	10.17%
Shares Outstanding			271,934,516

Proxy Voting:

10.    Name of the proxy holder:

11.    Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12.    Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13.    Additional information:

14.    Contact name:

J O'Shea, Group Legal Director and Company Secretary

15.    Contact telephone number:

0121 717 3700

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