Holding(s) in Company - TR-1 Notification

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing      The Law Debenture   
shares to which voting rights are attached:ii                       Corporation p.l.c.  
                                                                                        

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          X  
                                                                                        
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                                     X  
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii    Brewin Dolphin  
                                                                           Limited      
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv                               
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed    29 May 2013    
or reached: v                                                                           
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                        31 May 2013    
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii                      12%        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Class/type of       Situation previous             Resulting situation after           
shares               to the triggering                   the triggering                
                        transaction                       transaction                  
                                                                                       
if possible using               Number                  Number            % of voting  
the ISIN CODE        Number       of     Number           of               rights x    
                       of       Voting     of           voting                         
                     Shares     Rights   shares         rights                         
                                                                                       
                                         Direct Direct xi Indirect xii  Direct Indirect
                                                                                       
Ord GBP 0.05                                                                           
                   14,133,442 14,133,442  N/A      N/A     14,196,830    N/A   12.0209%
GB003142919                                                                            
                                                                                       

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        

 

Type of financial  Expiration       Exercise/           Number of voting    % of voting 
    instrument     date xiii  Conversion Period xiv    rights that may be      rights   
                                                        acquired if the                 
                                                         instrument is                  
                                                     exercised/ converted.              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        

 

Type of financial  Exercise Expiration    Exercise/    Number of voting    % of voting  
    instrument      price    date xvii   Conversion   rights instrument  rights xix, xx 
                                        period xviii      refers to                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal  Delta 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        

 

        Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                        
               14,196,830                                   12.0209%                    
                                                                                        

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited - 158,441 - 0.1342%                
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited - 1,580,672 - 1.3384%                                
                                                                                        
Indirect - Giltspur Nominees Limited - 7,634,686 - 6.4645%                              
                                                                                        
Indirect - BDS Nominees Limited - 3,006,122 - 2.5454%                                   
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/C Charity - 926,512 - 0.7845%                      
                                                                                        
Indirect - Brewin Nominees Limited A/C Offbond - 840,397 - 0.7116%                      
                                                                                        
Indirect - Four Yards Nominees Limited - 50,000 - 0.0423%                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Grand total - 14,196,830 - 12.0209%                                                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                            
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                        
                                                                                        

 

13. Additional   Figures based on shares in issue of 118,101,503.  The indirect voting  
information:    rights under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios, managed by 
                  those firms, under discretionary investment management agreements.    
                                                                                        
14. Contact                                  Andrew Smith                               
name:                                                                                   
                                                                                        
15. Contact                                                                             
telephone                                    0191 230 7245                              
number: