Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0544V

Legal & General Group Plc

02 July 2009

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Legal and General Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):   See additional information
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
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	n/a
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	2 July 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	2 July 2009
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 using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB0005603997	235,122,326 4.01%		230,838,770	230,838,770		3.93%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
230,838,770	3.93%

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

Holding (shares)       Ownership  Swiss Re Europe S.A., UK Branch                 230,838,770       3.93% Total:                                                              230,838,770       3.93%

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 total voting rights (shares in issue) of: 5,861,679,365
14. Contact name:	Michael McGuire
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

First notification under DTR Sourcebook

Notes to the Forms 

 

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