Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7258D

Legal & General Group Plc

18 September 2008

 



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:

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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 notification obligation:	AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	16/09/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17/09/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4%
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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
0560399	438,365,204	438,365,204	237,166,199	237,166,199	204,370,418	4.03	3.47

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
441,536,617	7.50%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Chain
Name of Company/Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital
AXA Direct	12,338,575.00	0.20972
AXA Colonia Konzern Direct	17,423,898.00	0.29615
AXA Colonia Konzern Indirect	531,863.00	0.00904
AXA Financial, Inc Indirect	1,822,917.00	0.03098
AXA Framlington Indirect	2,067,520.00	0.035141164
AXA France Indirect	145,920.00	0.00
AXA IM UK Direct	163,471,593.00	2.778489201
AXA IM UK Indirect	6,787,000.00	0.115357084
AXA Rosenberg Direct	14,934,145.00	0.25383224
AXA Rosenberg Indirect	193,015,198.00	3.280635084
AXA Winterhur Direct	28,971,748.00	0.492426161
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd Direct	26,240.00	0.000445995
Total Direct Total Indirect	237,166,199 204,370,418	4.03106 3.47364
TOTAL	441,536,617	7.50470

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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 information:
14 Contact name:	Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 1510

Additional Information

 

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