RNS Number : 9946J

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

13 April 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:		Moneysupermarket.com 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:	8th April 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10th April 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 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
GB00B1ZBKY84	27,477,015		27,477,015	193,014	193,014	26,868,075	0.035%	4.927%

 

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
27,061,089	4.962%

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

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 39364	3,707,150
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 47182	6,160,571
Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	2,106,577
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	52,962
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	135,781
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	31,523
Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c PTG 15587 99976450	16,447
Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 44729	215,476
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c SHCE	1,029,479
Securities Services Nominees Limited	A/c 1030030046H	671,532
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd	A/c 517522 22	65,265
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd	A/c 517523 12	97,915
Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c ACU49	336,203
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c 2GQ6	4,635,244
Securities Services Nominees Limited	A/c 07000000700	632,538
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited	A/c 1140402313X	140,914
State Street Bank & Trust Boston	A/c MKCB	729,080
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd	A/c 518367 18	60,853
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301778	168,595
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301781	74,198
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA05	591,866
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA07	2,819,192
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	193,014
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	6,204
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA12	82,423
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA14	26,164
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c 34789	352,171
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	357,809
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	830,462
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	733,481

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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