20th Aug 2007 14:55
Wilmington Group Plc20 August 2007 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:Wilmington Group 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: Other (please specify): YesChange in issued share capital 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:Lloyds TSB Group Plc 4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3):Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees LtdState Street Nominees Ltd 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent):16th August 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 20th August 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Reached 3% 8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggeringof shares to the triggering transaction transactionIf possibleuse ISIN Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage of votingcode shares voting shares rights rights rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect0969231 Ord GBP 2,350,593 2,350,593 2,850,593 0 2,850,593 0 3.3940.05 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights that may Percentagefinancial date conversion be acquired (if the instrument of votinginstrument period/ exercised/converted) rights date Total (A+B) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights2,850,593 3.394 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 3,066 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB GroupPlc. 2,847,527 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under thecontrol of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc,a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder:11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:13. Additional information:14 Contact name: Ahmed Zahedieh ( Company Secretary )15. Contact telephone name: 0207 422 6800 Annex: Notification of major interests in shares A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation Full name Lloyds TSB Group Plc(including legal form of legal entities) Contact address Henry Duncan House(registered office for legal entities) 120 George Street Edinburgh EH2 4LH Phone number & email +44 (0) 131 225 4555 Other useful information(at least legal representative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit Contact address 2nd Floor 31/33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SP Phone number & email +44 (0) 1444 418127 [email protected] useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person orlegal entity subject to the notificationobligation) C: Additional information This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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