Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6069N

Senior PLC

19 February 2009

 



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:

Senior plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
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):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Lloyds Banking Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See Section 9.
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	18 February 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	19 February 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Decrease to below 8%

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
Ord 10p GB0007958233	33,543,177	33,543,177	640,380	640,380	30,881,679	0.16%	7.75%

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
N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
31,522,059	7.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

23,033,699 Shares (5.78%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd.  Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests). 8,300,113 shares (2.08%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 398,323,948
14. Contact name:	Andrew Bodenham, Company Secretary, Senior plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01923 714745

 

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