9th Feb 2010 09:05
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | |||||||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | Centrica 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 thenotification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) | ||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.): | Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | ||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 05 February 2010 | ||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 08 February 2010 | ||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | Group (Below 5%)
LGIM (Below 5%) | ||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORD GBP 0.061728395 | 185,785,947
(As on 04/12/2008) | Below 5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Below 5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position) | ||
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (Below 5% = Total Position) | ||
| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position) | ||
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 229,040,510 -4.46% =LGAS, LGPL & PMC) | ||
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 184,226,953 - 3.58%= PMC) | Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) | |
| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) ( 184,226,953 -3.58% = 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 ceaseto hold: | N/A | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |
| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 5,132,662,495 | |
| 14. Contact name: | Luke Thomas | |
| 5. Contact telephone number: | 01753 494012 | |
Copyright Business Wire 2010
Related Shares:
Centrica