Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9799Q

New India Investment Trust PLC

12 August 2010

TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESⁱ

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

New India Investment Trust PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: No

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: Yes

Other: No

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

n/a

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v

10 August 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 August 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

Below 3% (L&G)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Ordinary 25p

1,491,100
(As on 28 June 2010)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights^x
		Direct	Indirect ^xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 25p	Below 3%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration Date ^xvii	Exercise/Conversion Period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Below 3%

% of voting rights

Below 3%

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 Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = 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)