Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6338E
Melrose PLC
23 December 2009
 






TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


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

  Melrose Plc


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


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 Yes


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 notification obligation:


 Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


 Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


 18 December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:


 22 December 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


 L&G (From 3% to 4%)

 

8. Notified details:
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
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights
Direct
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
 Ordinary GBP
19,637,894
(As on 01/12/209)
20,542,369
20,542,369
 
4.12%
 
 0.002

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ 
Conversion 
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.


% of voting
rights

 

 

 

 

 


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Exercise 
price

Expiration 
date

Exercise/
Conversion 

period

Number of voting 
rights instrument 
refers to

% of voting rights


 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta


 

 


Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 

20,542,369

 

4.12%


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)

 

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (lGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

 

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct)(L&G) (20,542,369 - 4.12% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

 

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (17,490,858 - 3.51% = PMC)

 

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

 

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited
(PMC)(17,490,858 - 3.51% = PMC)

 

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

 

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

 


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:


Notification using the total voting rights figure of 497,586,779

 

14. Contact name:


 Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:


 020 3124 3851



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