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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
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+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | |
|issuer |G4S plc |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are| |
|attached: ii | |
+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | x |
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|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 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 | |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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|Other (please specify): | |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to | |
|the |M&G Investment Funds 1 |
|notification obligation: iii | |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) |Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MED01 |
|(if different from 3.):iv |Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJ01 |
| |Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEN01 |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on| |
|which the threshold is crossed or |8 September 2011 |
|reached: v | |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified: |9 September 2011 |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|5% |
|reached: vi, vii | |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details: |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering |
|of |to the triggering |transaction |
|shares |transaction | |
| +---------+-----------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of voting |
|using |of |of |of shares |rights |rights x |
|the ISIN | ares |Vo ing +----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|CODE | |Rights |Direct |Direct xi |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
| | | | | |xii | | |
+------------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|GB00B01FLG62| | | | | | | |
| |Below 5% |Below 5% |71,123,686|71,123,686| |5.04% | |
| | | | | | | | |
+------------+---------+-----------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
+--------------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------+
|Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting |
|financial |date xiii |Conversion Period |rights that may be |rights |
|instrument | |xiv |acquired if the | |
| | | |instrument is | |
| | | |exercised/ | |
| | | |converted. | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------+
| | | | | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
|Instruments xv, xvi |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
+-------------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------------+--------------+
|Type of |Exercise|Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting |
|financial |price |date xvii |Conversion |rights instrument |rights xix, xx|
|instrument | | |period |refers to | |
| | | |xviii | | |
+-------------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------------+-------+------+
| | | | | |Nominal|Delta |
| | | | | +-------+------+
| | | | | | | |
+-------------+--------+----------+-----------+--------------------+-------+------+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C) |
+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |
+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|71,123,686 |5.04% |
+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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| |
| |
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|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: | |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
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| |With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds|
|13. Additional information: |1 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and|
| |is not a Prudential group company and must be|
| |separately disclosed. |
| | |
| |This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment|
| |Management Limited (a wholly owned Subsidiary of|
| |Prudential plc) and will have been previously|
| |attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis|
| |that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct|
| |fund management control over the shares|
| |identified in this notification. |
| | |
| |Therefore the 5.04% holding being disclosed in|
| |this notification is encompassed in the 5.23% |
| |already disclosed under The Prudential plc group|
| |of companies and is NOT in addition to it. |
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|14. Contact name: |Peter David, Company Secretary |
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|15. Contact telephone number:|+ 44(0)1293 554584 |
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