RNS Number : 6712X

Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC

21 November 2014



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:		Crest Nicholson Holdings 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:	19 November 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 November 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 11%

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

GB00B8VZXT93

25,206,811

25,206,811

226,184

226,184

27,781,085

0.090%

11.049%

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
28,007,269	11.139%

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	3,805,202
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c 52401 81	79,592
Ameriprise Financial Inc	A/c	1,663,949
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 10972	559,560
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 75102	1,325,531
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 14556	4,674
Vidacos Nominees Ltd	A/c 6012918307	1,639,260
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 847452	270,254
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	66,333
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	277,099
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	34,472
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	467,758
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZPS11	359,282
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	149,621
Chase Nominees Ltd	A/c 44729	226,020
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	631,819
Securities Services Nominees Limited	A/c 07000000700	642,690
State Street Bank & Trust Boston	A/c MKCB	770,000
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	148,244
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA05	430,058
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA07	2,311,785
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	98,402
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	127,782
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	4,502
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA12	94,706
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c ZLA14	26,013
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c 34789	233,166
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	894,634
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	6,829,888
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	479,621
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10489	1,330,283
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	866,043
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 30337	419,969
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	739,057

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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