Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        

 

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

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                          X  
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the           AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008   
notification obligation:iii                         Paris and its group of companies    
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different                                           
from 3.):iv                                                                             
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the               23.08.2011               
threshold is crossed or reached: v                                                      
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                              25.08.2011               
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                    5%                   
vi, vii                                                                                 
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Class/type of      Situation previous                    Resulting situation after               
shares             to the triggering                          the triggering                     
                      transaction                               transaction                      
                                                                                                 
if possible      Number       Number        Number            Number of            % of  voting  
using              of           of        of shares            voting                rights x    
the ISIN CODE    Shares       Voting                           rights                            
                              Rights                                                             
                                                                                                 
                                            Direct    Direct     Indirect xii    Direct Indirect 
                                                        xi                                       
                                                                                                 
Ordinary                                                                                         
Shares                                                                                           
               69,827,219 69,827,219          0         0         72,789,545       0      5.13%  
(GB00B1JQBT10)                                                                                   
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                              
                                                                                                 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                             
                                                                                                 
    Type of       Expiration          Exercise/             Number of voting        % of voting  
   financial       date xiii    Conversion Period xiv      rights that may be         rights     
   instrument                                               acquired if the                      
                                                             instrument is                       
                                                         exercised/ converted.                   
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        
Type of financial Exercise Expiration    Exercise/    Number of voting     % of voting  
   instrument      price    date xvii   Conversion    rights instrument  rights xix, xx 
                                       period xviii       refers to                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal  Delta 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        
        Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                        
               72,789,545                                     5.13%                     
                                                                                        


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
Name of the Company / Fund                       Number of                              
Shares                    % of issued share capital                                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
AXA IM UK                                                   72,114,511.00               
                          5.079751 indirect                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
AXA Rosenberg                                                675,034.00                 
                          0.047549 indirect                                             
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Total Direct                                                                  0         
                               0                                                        
                                                                                        
Total Indirect                                                72,789,545                
                              5.12730                                                   
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the 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:                                  Richard Maloney, Pendragon PLC       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                               01623 725200                
                                                                                        


 

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                          
                                                                                        
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii                                    
                                                                                        

                                                                               

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation

Full name                                                                               
(including legal form of legal entities)                                                
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                                         
(registered office for legal entities)                                                  
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                                                                        
Other useful information                                                                
(at least legal representative for legal persons)                                       
                                                                                        

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                                                               
                                                                                        
Contact address                                                                         
                                                                                        
Phone number & email                                                                    
                                                                                        
Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal          
entity subject to the notification obligation)                                          
                                                                                        

 

C: Additional information                                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.