Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8447Q

Legal & General Group Plc

20 April 2009

 



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

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:

Legal & General Group 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:	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 transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	19/04/2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20/04/2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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
0560399	293,990,767	293,990,767	230,292,599	230,292,599	35,060,388	3.93	0.60

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
265,352,987	4.53%

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

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:
14 Contact name:	Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 1510

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

9. Chain

Name of the Company/Fund                  Number of Shares                     % of issued share capital

Alliance Capital Management                     7,383,965.00                               0.12597   Direct

AXA                                                               11,879,314.00                              0.20266   Direct

AXA Colonia Konzern                                  9,320,982.00                                0.15902   Direct

AXA Colonia Konzern                                  531,863.00                                   0.00907   Indirect

AXA Financial, Inc                                         4,486,028.00                               0.076531446   Indirect

AXA Framlington                                           2,865,316.00                              0.05   Indirect

AXA France                                                  175,955.00                                  0.003001785                                                                                     Indirect

AXA IM UK                                                    167,278,372.00                         2.853761893   Direct

AXA IM UK                                                     2,146,673.00                            0.03662215   Indirect

AXA Rosenberg                                             504,224.00                              0.00860204   Direct

AXA Rosenberg                                            24,854,553.00                         0.424017614   Indirect

AXA Winterthur                                             33,925,198.00                         0.578762431   Direct

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd                   544.00                                      0.0000928   Direct

Total Direct              230,292,599                          3.92878                                   Total Indirect             35,060,388                            0.59813

TOTAL              265,352,987                         4.52691

 

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