RNS Number : 0256H

ITE Group PLC

10 March 2015

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		ITE Group PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of 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 notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	06 March 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 March 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0002520509 N/A N/A 218,117 218,117 12,679,596 0.087% 5.078%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage 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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
12,897,713	5.165%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:

Registered Owner

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	106,152
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	541,468
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	58,249
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	345,375
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	117,999
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	512,112
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	115,601
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	473,366
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	2,528,056
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	78,785
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	139,332
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	5,375
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	157,358
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	49,399
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	253,773
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	715,869
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	5,705,468
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	993,976

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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