Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4272E

Legal & General Group Plc

26 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
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): Company has repurchased securities	X

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):	25/09/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26/09/2008
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	433,391,569	433,391,569	231,448,182	231,448,182	189,655,912	3.94	3.23

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
421,114,094	7.17%

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	0.21020
AXA Colonia Konzern Direct	17,423,898.00	0.29684
AXA Colonia Konzern Indirect	531,863.00	0.00906
AXA Financial, Inc Indirect	1,822,917.00	0.03106
AXA Framlington Indirect	2,067,520.00	0.03522297
AXA France Indirect	145,920.00	0.00
AXA IM UK Direct	163,473,593.00	2.784991457
AXA IM UK Indirect	6,757,232.00	0.115118491
AXA Rosenberg Direct	9,261,636.00	0.157784365
AXA Rosenberg Indirect	178,340,460.00	3.038268434
AXA Winterhur Direct	28,924,240.00	0.492763142
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd Direct	26,240.00	0.000447034
Total Direct Total Indirect	231,448,182 189,665,912	3.94303 3.23121
TOTAL	421,114,094	7.17424

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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