Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5724Z
Optare PLC
23 September 2009
 



Financial Services Authority


                        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:
 


Optare 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 (Group)


Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (UTM)


Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)


Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)


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

reached:
 


22 September 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 September 2009

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


Above 5% to Above 10% (Group)


Above 5to Above 10% (LGIM)


Above 5% (UTM)


Above 3% (L&G)

  

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD


GBP 0.01

Below 3%

L&G

29,748,333

12,081,430

17,666,903

5.2229

7.6375

5,598,333

LGIM

5,598,333

LGIM

Below 5%

UTM


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

29,748,333

(LGIM)

12.86

(LGIM)

16,594,403

(UTM)

7.17

(UTM)

12,081,430

(L&G)

5.22

(L&G)

  

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) (29,748,333 -12.86% = Total Position) 


Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  (29,748,333 -12.86% = Total Position)


Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM(29,748,333 -12.86% = Total Position) 

Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (16,594,403 - 7.17% = UTM)


Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (12,081,430 - 5.22 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) 

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (12,081,430 - 5.22 % = LGAS & LGPL)  

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

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (12,081,430 - 5.22 % = 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 231,316,953 

14. Contact name:

Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3124 3851

  

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share


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

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)


Legal & General Group Plc

Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited

Legal & General Investment Management Limited

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)


One Coleman StreetLondonEC2R 5AA

Phone number & email


020 3124 3851

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)


Paul Sweeney



B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name


Helen Lewis

Contact address


One Coleman StreetLondonEC2R 5AA

Phone number & email


020 3124 3851

Helen.lewis@lgim.co.uk

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Investment Advisor


C: Additional information





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