RNS Number : 6428L

FDM Group (Holdings) plc

07 July 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:		FDM Group 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:	04 July 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 July 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 10%

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
GB00BLWDVP51        10,709,946 10,709,946 172,094 172,094 10,627,296 0.160%                         9.884%

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
10,799,390	10.044%

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	29,970
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	146,520
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	14,652
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	333,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	113,220
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	466,200
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	113,220
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA05	299,700
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA07	1,665,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	75,524
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07197	96,570
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	39,960
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	11,988
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 34789	133,200
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	666,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	5,615,646
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	213,120
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10490	765,900

14 Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone name:

01793 363135

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