Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a company based in Minneapolis, has acquired or disposed of voting rights in FirstGroup PLC. The notification was made on October 25, 2023. The total number of voting rights held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in FirstGroup PLC is 99,573,380, which represents 14.975% of the voting rights attached to shares. This is a decrease from the previous position of 15.005%.

The voting rights are held through two chains of controlled undertakings. In the first chain, Threadneedle Asset Management Limited holds 14.4% of the voting rights. In the second chain, Columbia Threadneedle Management Limited holds 0% of the voting rights.

It is important to note that Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by TAM UK International Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Similarly, Columbia Threadneedle Management Limited is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle Group (Management) Limited, which is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle Group (Holdings) Limited, which is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle AM (Holdings) Plc, which is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle (Europe) Limited, which is wholly owned by Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Limited, which is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

The notification was completed in Swindon, UK.