RNS Number : 9444H

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

26 June 2013



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: Morgan Sindall 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.):	See additional information under 13
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):	25 June 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 June 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8:    Notified Details
A:    Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code		GB0008085614
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
N/A		N/A
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
22,700	22,700	2,210,108	0.053%	5.111%

B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument 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	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,232,808	5.164%

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 Luzembrough 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 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:

 Registered Owner

State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	170,309
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	86,810
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	73,665
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	712,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	22,700
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	806
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	40,700
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	1,125,818

14. Contact name:

Mary Nettleship, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7307 9200

Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A:  Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:  Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group
Contact address
Phone number & email	01793 363751
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C:  Additional information

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