Holding(s) in Company

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