Financial Services Authority
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Optare Plc |
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached. |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
Legal & General Group Plc (Group) Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (UTM) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
22 September 2009 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
23 September 2009 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
Above 5% to Above 10% (Group) Above 5% to Above 10% (LGIM) Above 5% (UTM) Above 3% (L&G) |
8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
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Indirect |
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ORD GBP 0.01 |
Below 3% L&G |
29,748,333 |
12,081,430 |
17,666,903 |
5.2229 |
7.6375 |
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5,598,333 LGIM |
5,598,333 LGIM |
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Below 5% UTM |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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29,748,333 (LGIM) |
12.86 (LGIM) |
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16,594,403 (UTM) |
7.17 (UTM) |
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12,081,430 (L&G) |
5.22 (L&G) |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
N/A |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
N/A |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
N/A |
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Notification using the total voting rights figure of 231,316,953 |
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14. Contact name: |
Helen Lewis (LGIM) |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 3124 3851 |
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer |
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Annex: Notification of major interests in share |
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A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation |
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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 Street, London, EC2R 5AA |
Phone number & email |
020 3124 3851 |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) |
Paul Sweeney |
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable |
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Full name |
Helen Lewis |
Contact address |
One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 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 |
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C: Additional information |
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