Holding(s) in Company
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
30 July 2007
TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
London Stock Exchange Group plc
2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Y)
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached: (N)
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (N)
Other (please specify): (N/A)
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Paulson & Co. Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
N /A
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):
27 July 2007
6. Date on which issuer notified:
30 July 2007
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 Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
using the ISIN CODE
Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii)
Nil Nil
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
Direct Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect
18,535,255 18,535,255 N/A 9.22% N/A
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rights
financial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) that may be acquired if the
instrument instrument is exercised/
converted.
N/A
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
18,535,255 9.22%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
N/A
14. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Lisa Condron, 020 7797 3517
15. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification
Lisa Condron, Company Secretary
16. Date of notification
30 July 2007
Notes to the Forms
(i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
(ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
(iii)This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided
for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred
to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting
rights are attached, as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h),
the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that
acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the
agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring
temporarily for consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights
and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the
collateral under these conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a
life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the
voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing
of the voting rights when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking
and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under
DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of
those situations, the controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of
the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the
shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the
shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his
discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that
controls the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he
can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder
who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to
exercise the voting rights at his discretion.
(iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural
person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.
(v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in
the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an
agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which
the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes
effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the
corporate event took effect.
(vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification. In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%,
please state 'below 3%'.
(vii)If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only
that the new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
(viii) Direct and indirect
(ix) In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct
holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there
is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
(x) Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct
shareholder (DTR 5.1)
(xi) Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)
(xii)If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only
that the new holding is below 3%.
(xiii) date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date
when the right to acquire shares ends.
(xiv)If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the (date)
(xv) The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also
include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking
holds 5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking
is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled
undertaking.
(xvi )This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
(xvii)Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3
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