Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5851H

SIG PLC

06 November 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:

SIG plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
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:	Legal & General Group Plc (Group) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	4 November 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 November 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 5% (Group) Above 5% (LGIM)

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
GB0008025412	6,754,195	6,754,195	6,821,884	6,198,470		623,414	4.569			0.459

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
6,821,884	5.02

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)  6,821,884 - 5.02% = Total Position Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) 6,821,884 - 5.02% = Total Position Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) 6,821,884 - 5.02% = Total Position Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) 6,198,470 - 4.56 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) 5,022,766 - 3.70% = PMC Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 5,045,766 - 3.70% = PMC

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 135,633,921
14 Contact name:	Helen Lewis
15. Contact telephone name:	020 3124 3851

 

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