REG-Intnl Personal Fin Holding(s) in Company Released: 28/10/2009
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RNS Number : 5363B  
  
International Personal Finance Plc  
  
28 October 2009  
  
 
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                                      
                                                                                                                      
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                             International Personal Financeplc    
  of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                       
  attached:                                                                                                           
  2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                                           
  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                       X                 
  An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in                                  
  theacquisition 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                    FIL Limited                                             
  notification obligation:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                      
  4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if differentfrom 3.):      See attached schedule                                   
  5. Date of the transaction and date on                      26 October 2009                                         
  which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                   
  reached:                                                                                                            
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                           27 October 2009                                         
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                      5%                                                      
  reached:                                                                                                            
  
  
 
  8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                                      
  A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                                                       
  Class/type of        Situation previous                                          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                     
  shares               to the triggering                                                                                                                                                    
  if possible using    transaction                                                                                                                                                          
  the ISIN CODE                                                                                                                                                                             
                       Number                         Number                       Number            Number of voting                          % of voting rights                           
                       of                             of                           of shares         rights                                                                                 
                       Shares                         Voting                                                                                                                                
                                                      Rights                                                                                                                                
                                                                                   Indirect          Direct                      Indirect      Direct                        Indirect       
  GB00B1YKG049         13,871,115                     13,871,115                   12,840,813                                    12,840,813                                  4.99           
                      
                                                                                                                                                                                            
  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                       
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                      
  Type of financial                         Expiration          Exercise/                                          Number of voting                                  % of voting            
  instrument                                date                Conversion Period                                  rights that may be                                rights                 
                                                                                                                   acquired if the                                                          
                                                                                                                   instrument is                                                            
                                                                                                                   exercised/ converted.                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                            
  C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                 
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                      
  Type of financial               Exercise price      Expiration date     Exercise/                  Number of voting rights instrument refers to            % of voting rights             
  instrument                                                              Conversion period                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                             Nominal                 Delta  
                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                            
  Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                                             
  Number of voting rights                                                                   Percentage of voting rights                                                                     
  12,840,813                                                                                4.99                                                                                            
  
  
 
  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the     
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                         
                                                                                     
  See attached schedule                                                              
                                                                                     
  Proxy Voting:                                                                      
  10. Name of the proxy holder:                                 FIL Limited          
  11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  1,030,302            
  12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting       26 October 2009      
  rights:                                                                            
                                                                                     
  13. Additional information:     None                                               
  14. Contact name:               Susan Tudor-Coulson                                
  15. Contact telephone number:                                                      
                                  0113 285 6868                                      
                                                                                     
  
  
 
                        MANAGEMENT   
  SHARES HELDNOMINEE    COMPANY      
  
  
 
  FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for     427,300     Bank of New YorkBrussels         FPM     
  various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including                                                          
  FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment                                                           
  Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset                                                         
  Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments                                                          
  Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension                                                          
  Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and                                                       
  FIL Investments International (FII), investment                                                              
  managers for various non-US investment companies and                                                         
  institutional clients                                                                                        
                                                          2,096,749   BNP Paribas, Paris               FIGEST  
                                                          3,770,194   Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX       FIL     
                                                          404,919     JP Morgan, Bournemouth           FIL     
                                                          3,485,838   JP Morgan, Bournemouth           FISL    
                                                          25,731      Nomura Trust and Banking         FIJ     
                                                          884,700     Northern Trust London            FPM     
                                                          1,320,282   JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C)       FIL     
                                                          425,100     National ASTL BK Melbourne (S)   FIL     
                                                                                                               
  
  
 
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