Holding(s) in Company

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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
  IWG plc
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 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: iii
  Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv

Prudential plc

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited

M&G Group Limited

M&G Limited

M&G Investment Management Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v
23 March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified: 24 March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
See item 13
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the 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 x
Direct Direct xi   Indirect xii Direct   Indirect
ORD GBP0.01

JE00BYVQYS01

68,204,130 68,204,130 64,759,056 0 64,759,056 0 7.02%
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Expiration
date xiii
  Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
  Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
  % of voting
rights
ORD GBP0.01

JE00BYVQYS01

(Right of Recall)

    1,744,223 0.19%
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Exercise price   Expiration date xvii Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
  Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights xix, xx
       

 

Nominal   Delta
   
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights
66,503,279 7.21%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Prudential plc (parent Company) – 66,503,279 (7.21%)

M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) – 66,503,279 (7.21%)

M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) – 66,503,279 (7.21%)

M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) – 66,503,279 (7.21%)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) – 25,248,365 (2.74%)

 
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
  As per the 5.1.2 the non-exempt holdings for Prudential plc and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) have moved below a 3% notifiable interest.
14. Contact name: John Baker / Owen Smith / James Todd

M&G Investment Management Limited

15. Contact telephone number: 020 7548 2561 / 020 7004 4517 / 020 7548 2293

Category Code: HOL
Sequence Number: 580490
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20170327T091256+0100

Contacts

IWG plc

Contacts

IWG plc