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 5% to 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 Street, London, EC2R 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 Street, London, EC2R 5AA
Phone number & email	020 3124 3851 [e-mail]
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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