Jupiter Second Split Trust PLC: Holdings in Company | Company Announcements

Monday 14 December, 2009

Jupiter Second Split Trust PLC

Holdings in Company





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| For filings with the FSA include the annex  |                     |
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| For filings with issuer exclude the annex   |                     |
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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                                          |  Jupiter Second |
| of existing shares to which voting rights are   | Split Trust PLC |
| attached: ii                                    |                 |
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| 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                                                |         |
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| 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):    |                            |         |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Jupiter Asset Management |
| the                                    |      Limited ('Jupiter') |
| notification obligation: iii           |                          |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)         |                          |
|  (if different from 3.):iv             |                          |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on |                          |
| which the threshold is crossed or      |         10 December 2009 |
| reached: v                             |                          |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      |         11 December 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |                      16% |
| reached: vi, vii                       |                          |
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|8. Notified details:                                                                              |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                      |
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|Class/type of |Situation previous            |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|shares        |to the triggering             |                                                    |
|if possible   |transaction                   |                                                    |
|using         |------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
|the ISIN CODE |Number           |Number      |Number   |Number of voting    |% of  voting rights x|
|              |of               |of          |of shares|rights              |                     |
|              |Shares           |Voting      |---------+--------------------+---------------------|
|              |                 |Rights      |Direct   |Direct |Indirect xii|Direct    |Indirect  |
|              |                 |            |         |xi     |            |          |          |
|--------------+-----------------+------------+---------+-------+------------+----------+----------|
|GB00B4268J8   |                 |            |    0    |   0   |108,399,770 |    0     |  16.70%  |
|Geared Ord    |       96,265,841|  96,265,841|         |       |            |          |          |
|Shares        |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
|              |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
|  GB00B426412 |        7,672,155|   7,672,155|         |       |            |          |          |
|  Zero Div    |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
|Pref shares   |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
|              |        1,487,258|   4,461,774|         |       |            |          |          |
|  GB00B40T769 |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
|  Packaged    |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
|Units         |                 |            |         |       |            |          |          |
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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                               |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                              |
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|Type of financial      |Expiration    |Exercise/            |Number of voting      |% of voting   |
|instrument             |date xiii     |Conversion Period xiv|rights that may be    |rights        |
|                       |              |                     |acquired if the       |              |
|                       |              |                     |instrument is         |              |
|                       |              |                     |exercised/ converted. |              |
|-----------------------+--------------+---------------------+----------------------+--------------|
|          n/a          |     n/a      |         n/a         |         n/a          |     n/a      |
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                              |
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|Type of        |Exercise price  |Expiration|Exercise/     |Number of voting    |% of voting rights|
|financial      |                |date xvii |Conversion    |rights instrument   |xix, xx           |
|instrument     |                |          |period xviii  |refers to           |                  |
|               |                |          |              |                    |                  |
|---------------+----------------+----------+--------------+--------------------+------------------|
|      n/a      |      n/a       |   n/a    |     n/a      |        n/a         |Nominal   |Delta  |
|               |                |          |              |                    |          |       |
|               |                |          |              |                    |----------+-------|
|               |                |          |              |                    |          |       |
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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                                     |
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|Number of voting rights                            |Percentage of voting rights                   |
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|108,399,770                                        |16.70                                         |
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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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| The shares will appear on the register in the names of Nortrust   |
| Nominees Limited                                                  |
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| Of the 108,399,770 voting rights, 38,360,159 Geared Ordinary      |
| shares and 2,416,166 Zero Dividend Preference shares are held on  |
| behalf of a client of Jupiter Asset Management Ltd, Jupiter       |
| Financial Opportunities Trust, which represents 6.28% of the      |
| total voting rights of Jupiter Second Split Trust PLC and         |
| 29,832,936 Geared Ordinary shares are held on behalf of Philip    |
| Gibbs which represents 4.60% of the total voting rights of        |
| Jupiter Second Split Trust PLC.                                   |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                            |        |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease      |        |
| to hold:                                                 |        |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold        |        |
| voting rights:                                           |        |
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| 13. Additional information:               |                       |
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| 14. Contact name:                         | Jenny Thompson        |
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| 15. Contact telephone number:             | 0207 314 5565         |
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