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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Legal and General Group Plc |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
BlackRock Inc. |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
1st December 2009 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
4th December 2009 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
Going above 5% |
8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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GB0005603997 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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297,397,345 |
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5.07% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights xix, xx |
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CFD |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
7,985,679 |
Nominal |
Delta |
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0.14% |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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305,383,024 |
5.21% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 305,383,024 (5.21%) On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc. following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
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14. Contact name: |
Stuart Watchorn |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 5741; stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com |
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer |
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Annex: Notification of major interests in share |
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A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation |
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Full name (including legal form of legal entities) |
BlackRock, Inc |
Contact address (registered office for legal entities) |
33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AS |
Phone number & email |
020 7743 5741 stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) |
Stuart Watchorn |
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable |
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Full name |
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Contact address |
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Phone number & email |
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Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) |
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C: Additional information |
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. |