TR -1i NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attachedii:
Pace plc
2. Reason for the notification: (please state Yes/No): ( )
An acquisition or disposal of voting rightsYes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:
Other (please specify)
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii :
M & G Investment Funds 3
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv:
Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/c MKK01
Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/c MKM01
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
22 January 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:
25 January 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
.................
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares Situation previous to the
If possible using Triggering transactionVI
the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights viii
GB0006672785 Below 5 %Below 5%
ORD 0.05
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction vii
Number of Number of voting % of voting
Shares rights ix
Direct Direct x Indirect xi Direct Indirect
15,217,15315,217,1535.02
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxii
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that
may % of
financial Datexiii Conversion be acquired if the instrument
is voting
instrument Period/ Datexiv exercised/ converted.
rights
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
15,217,153 5.02
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexv:
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
.................
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
.................
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
.................
13. Additional information:
With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment
Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately
disclosed.
This OEIC is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned
subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to
Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct
fund management control over the shares identified in this notification.
Therefore the 5.02% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed
in the 6.87% already disclosed under the Prudential plc group of companies on
27/01/2010 and is NOT in addition to it.
14. Contact name:
Dawn Edward
15. Contact telephone number:
01274 538201
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