Holding(s) in Company

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                       LMS Capital Plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                           
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            ü
                                                                                        
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                                 Schroders plc  
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
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                                          23/04/2012   
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                          24/04/2012   
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                     13% - 11%    
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                    
                                                                                        
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                            
                                                                                        
Class/type of    Situation previous    Resulting situation after the triggering         
shares           to the triggering     transaction                                      
                 transaction                                                            
                                                                                        
if possible      Number     Number     Number     Number of voting   % of  voting rights
using            of         of         of shares  rights             x                  
the ISIN CODE    Shares     Voting                                                      
                            Rights     Direct     Direct  Indirect   Direct   Indirect  
                                                  xi      xii                           
                                                                                        
    Ordinary                                                                            
                                                                                        
  GB00B12MHD28   49,396,314 37,309,596 43,732,009     N/A 31,645,291      N/A    11.606%
                                                                                        

 

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

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
Number of voting rights                  Percentage of voting rights                    
                                                                                        
31,645,291                               11.606%                                        
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
Schroder Investment Management Limited     30,190,335     11.072%                       
                                                                                        
Schroder Investment Management Limited     1,454,956      0.534%                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
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:                                                                          
                                                                                        

 

                The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by   
13. Additional  those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment       
information:    management agreements.                                                  
                                                                                        
14. Contact                                                                             
name:                                                                                   
                                            Taryn O'Donoghue                            
                                                                                        
15. Contact                                                                             
telephone                                                                               
number:                                      020 7658 6000