Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0389O

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC

27 February 2009

 

 

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

 

Artemis Alpha Trust plc

 

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:(X)

 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ()

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ()

 

Other (please specify): ()

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

 

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

 

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

 

25 February 2009

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

26 February 2009

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

Above 3% (L&G)

 

8. Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
			Ordinary GBP 0.01	Below 3%	Below 3%

 

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GBP 0.01	973,700	973,700		3.16

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 

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

 

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
973,700	3.16%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable ^(xv):

 

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 Plc (Direct) (L&G) (973,700 – 3.16% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

 

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

 

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

Legal & General Assurance 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 to hold:

 

N/A

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

N/A

 

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 30,803,988

 

14. Contact name for queries on this announcement:

 

Helen Lewis (LGIM)

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

020 3124 3851

 

Date: 27 January 2009

 

END

 

 

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