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Financial Services Authority TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Chesnara Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 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. An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General Assurance (if different from 3.): (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 9 December 2009 reached: 6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 December 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: L&G (From 3% to 4%) 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/ Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction type of to the triggering shares transaction Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights if of of rights possible Shares Voting Number using Rights of shares the ISIN CODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ordinary 5p 4,042,949 4,130,698 4,130,698 4.06% (As on 26/11/2009) B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting rights that may be Type of Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting financial date Conversion Period instrument is rights instrument exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting rights financial price date Conversion voting rights instrument period instrument refers to Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 4,130,698 4.06% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)(Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 4,130,698 - 4.06%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Legal & General Insurance Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 3,727,291 - 3.67%= Holdings Limited (Direct) PMC) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Assurance Limited (PMC) ( 3,727,291 - 3.67%= PMC) Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A voting rights: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 13. Additional information: 101,492,591 14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM) 15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851

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