Pennon Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 21, 2015

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RNS Number : 6472Z

Pennon Group PLC

21 September 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

Acquisition of voting rights.

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC

4.     Full name of shareholder(s)

Bank of NY INC. - Global Custody

CIBC-Mellon Canadian office

Citibank NA Hong Kong - ETC

HSBC London

JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT

Mellon Trust

Northern Trust Co.

State Street Bank - Australia Ltd

State Street Bank - Custodian - ETC

State Street Bank - London

State Street Master - Master Tr - ETC

State Street Master - Custody Master Trust

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

16 September 2015

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

17 September 2015

7.     Threshold(s) that is crossed:  Increase from 5% to 6%

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		24,453,448

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B18V8630	-	-	24,717,448	-	6.008%

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
24,717,448	6.008%

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

Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held by the issuer.

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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:  Legal & Compliance Department

15. Contact telephone number: 0207 448 2165

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

21 September 2015

www.pennon-group.co.uk

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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