Holding(s) in Company

2nd May 2007 10:44

First Choice Holidays PLC02 May 2007 TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares +---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | First Choice Holidays Plc ||issuer of existing shares to which voting | ||rights are attached(ii): | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | ||boxes): | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+|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 | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |Legal & General Group Plc(L&G)||notification obligation(iii): | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Legal & General Assurance ||from 3.)(iv): |(Pensions Management) Limited || | (PMC) || | || | Legal & General Assurance || |Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|5. Date of the transaction and date on which | 30/04/2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached(v): | |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 01/05/2007 |+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | From 6% - 7%(L&G) ||reached: | |+---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------++---------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8. Notified details: |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+--------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+|Class/ |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction||type of |the Triggering |(vii) ||shares |transaction (vi) | || +----------+----------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+|if |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting |% of voting rights ||possible|Shares |Voting |shares |rights ix | ||using | |Rights +----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+|the ISIN| |viii |Direct |Direct x |Indirect |Direct |Indirect ||CODE | | | | |xi | | |+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+|ORD 3p |32,474,692|32,474,692|38,634,300|38,634,300| |7.28 | |+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting||financial |date xiii |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights ||instrument | |Date xiv |acquired if the | || | | |instrument is | || | | |exercised/ | || | | |converted. | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+| | | | | |+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |% of voting rights |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+| 38,634,300 | 7.28 |+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the||financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+|||Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) | ||||(Group) (44,247,972 - 8.33% = Total Position) | |||+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+|||Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) | ||||Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (44,247,972| ||||- 8.33% = Total Position) | |||+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+|||Legal & General Investment Management Limited | ||||(Indirect) (LGIM) (44,247,972 - 8.33% = Total | ||||Position) | |||+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+|||Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (38,634,300 - 7.28% = LGAS, LGPL & |||| PMC) |||+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+|||Legal & General Investment Management |Legal & General Insurance Holdings ||||(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) |Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (21,226,960 -||||(17,407,340 - 3.28% = PMC) |4.00% = LGAS & LGPL) |||+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+|||Legal & General Assurance (Pensions |Legal & General Assurance Society ||||Management) Limited (PMC) (17,407,340 |Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (21,226,960 - ||||- 3.28% = PMC) |4.00% = 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 | N/A ||cease to hold: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to | N/A ||hold voting rights: | |+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights || | figure of 530,577,303 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|14. Contact name: | Joyce Walter |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+|15. Contact telephone number: | 01293 588813 |+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ -------------------------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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