Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0158V

Legal & General Group Plc

21 May 2008

 



TR-1:   notification 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 the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the 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 the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	19/05/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20/05/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
8. Notified details:	Total

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares   if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
0560399	305,743,773	305,743,773	214,118,068	214,118,068	87,114,766	3.54	1.44

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
301,232,834	4.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:
Name of the Company/Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital
Axa Sun Life Plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society Plc)   Direct	3,744,000	0.06195
Axa Rosenberg        Direct	3,038,118	0.05027
Axa General Insurance Ltd    Direct	150,000	0.00248
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X        Direct	252,000	0.00417
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X    Direct	53,929,173	0.89228
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X    Direct	86,063,932	1.42397
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Global Growth Fund    Indirect	654,552	0.01083
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Ethical Fund    Indirect	500,000	0.00827
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Extra Income Fund    Indirect	130,000	0.00215
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Equity Income Fund    Indirect	4,800,000	0.07942
PPP Healthcare Group Plc       Direct	225,200	0.00373
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd    Direct	300,000	0.00496
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c    Direct	6,900,000	0.11416
Sun Life Assurance Society Plc    Direct	1,700,040	0.02813
AXA Rosenberg    Direct	1,444,000	0.02389
Axa Insurance UK    Direct	671,250	0.01111
AXA UK Group Pension Scheme    Indirect	460,000	0.00761
AXA Financial, Inc    Indirect	676,394	0.01119
AXA Colonia Konzern    Direct	114,996	0.00190
AXA Colonia Konzern    Indirect	71,907	0.00119
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd    Direct	1,000,000	0.01655
AXA France    Indirect	2,012,927	0.03330
AXA Rosenberg   Indirect	65,066,841	1.07656
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd    Direct	25,410	0.00042
AXA Financial, Inc*    Indirect	9,296,054	0.15381
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd    Direct	1,122,218	0.01857
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd    Direct	281,039	0.00465
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd LTAV UK Equity    Direct	1,480,555	0.02450
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha    Direct	648,113	0.01072
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker    Direct	1,014,853	0.01679
Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity    Direct	5,930,000	0.09811
Sun Life Pensions Management ABL High Alpha    Direct	3,405,286	0.05634
Sun Life Pensions Management  FTSE All Share Tracker    Direct	5,534,614	0.09157
AXA Framlington Monthly Income    Indirect	2,500,000	0.04136
Framlington onshore private clients    Indirect	212,520	0.00352
AXA Winterhur    Direct	28,798,132	0.47648
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive    Direct	4,119,558	0.06816
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive    Direct	2,225,581	0.03682
AXA Framlington St James Place Internal Equity & Income UT    Indirect	250,000	0.00414
AXA UK Distribution OEIC    Indirect	450,000	0.00745
AXAGlobal Distribution OEIC    Indirect	33,571	0.00056
Total Direct Total Indirect	214,118,068 87,114,766	3.54269 1.44136
TOTAL	301,232,834	4.98405

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:	Terry Marsh
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 2637

 

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