REG-Moneysupermarket.com Holding(s) in Company

Released: 03/11/2009
com:20091103:RnsC8472B
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RNS Number : 8472B  
  
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC  
  
03 November 2009  
  
 
  For filings with the FSA include the annex                                                                                       
  For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                   
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                   
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                            Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc     
  of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                                    
  attached:ii                                                                                                                      
  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:iii                                                                                                      
  4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if differentfrom 3.):iv      See attached schedule                                              
  5. Date of the transaction and date on                        30 October 2009                                                    
  which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                                
  reached:v                                                                                                                        
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                             2 November 2009                                                    
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                        5%                                                                 
  reached:vi, vii                                                                                                                  
  
  
 
  8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                                                      
  A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix                                                                                                                                                               
  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 rightsx                              
                       of                             of                                   of shares             rights                                                                                     
                       Shares                         Voting                                                                                                                                                
                                                      Rights                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                           Indirect              Directxi                    Indirectxii   Direct                          Indirect         
  GB00B1ZBKY84         23,761,307                     23,761,307                           25,452,692                                        25,452,692                                    5.01             
                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                                       
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                      
  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.                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                         
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                      
  Type of financial               Exercise price      Expiration date xvii      Exercise/                        Number of voting rights instrument refers to            % of voting rights xix, xx         
  instrument                                                                    Conversion period xviii                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                         Nominal                    Delta   
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                                                             
  Number of voting rights                                                                             Percentage of voting rights                                                                           
  25,452,692                                                                                          5.01%                                                                                                 
  
  
 
  9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the        
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi                         
  FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect       
  subsidiaries , including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Gestion (FIGEST),    
  FIL Assessment 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              BANK OF NERW YORK BRUSSELS  FPM                                  
  1,481,278           BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX     FIL                                
  2,602,399           JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH          FII                               
  20,528,946         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 acquire:          1,691,385             
  12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:      30 October 2009       
                                                                                        
  13. Additional information:     None                                                  
  14. Contact name:               Amanda Chana                                          
  15. Contact telephone number:                                                         
                                  fil-regreporting@fil.com                              
                                                                                        
  
  
 
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