Holding(s) in Company

6 december 2016

Stagecoach Group Plc

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Stagecoach Group plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				No
Other (please specify):				No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):		BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited Nortrust Nominees LTD Roy Nominees State Street Nominees Limited The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited Vidacos Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		2 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		6 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above the threshold of 13%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible use 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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B6YTLS95	69,586,802	69,586,802	626,939	626,939	75,722,822	0.109%	13.200%

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period				Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period		No. of voting rights instrument refers to		Percentage of voting rights
Equity Swap							387,756		Nominal		Delta
									0.068%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights						Percentage of voting rights
76,737,517						13.377%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (13.377%)   Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited,  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
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:	The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14. Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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