REG-Moneysupermarket.com Holding(s) in Company

Released: 18/09/2009
com:20090918:RnsR3159Z
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RNS Number : 3159Z  
  
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC  
  
18 September 2009  
  
 
                                                                                                                    
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                             Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC     
  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                      16 September 2009                                     
  which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                 
  reached:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                    
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                           17 September 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       
  Ordinary shares of 0.02p each (GB00B1ZBKY84)   25,931,610                     25,931,610                   25,083,290                                    25,083,290                                  4.94%          
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                                                 
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                                
  Type of financial                                                   Expiration          Exercise/ Conversion Period                        Number of voting                                  % of voting            
  instrument                                                          date                                                                   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                                                                     
  25,083,290                                                                                                          4.94%                                                                                           
  
  
 
  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                       
                                                                                   
  FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect  
  subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment       
  Services Limited (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.                                                       
                                                                                   
  358,072 shares Bank of New York Brussels FPM                                     
  1,816,438 shares Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux FIL                                  
  2,568,964 shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth FII                                      
  19,857,819 shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL                                    
  481,997 Northern Trust London FPM                                                
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
  Proxy Voting:                                                                    
  10. Name of the proxy holder:                               FIL Limited          
                                                                                   
  11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease         848,320              
  to hold:                                                                         
                                                                                   
  12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold           16 September 2009    
  voting rights:                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
  13. Additional information:     None                                             
  14. Contact name:               Evangelos Karatzas                               
  15. Contact telephone number:   Fil-reporting@fil.com                            
  
  
 
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