23rd Jul 2009 09:29
Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Rolls - Royce Group Plc issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
are attached:
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 Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
the notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions (if different from 3.): Management) Limited (PMC)
5. Date of the transaction and date 21 July 2009 on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 22 July 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed From 4% - 3% (L&G)
or reached: 8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering of previous transaction shares to the triggering transaction if possible Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights using of of of shares rights the ISIN Shares Voting CODE Rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ORD 74,215,551 74,215,551 73,909,019 73,909,019 3.98 GBP 0.20 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of votinginstrument date Conversion voting rights Period rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting financial price date Conversion voting rights rights instrument period instrument refers to Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 73,909,019 3.98 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) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (73,909,019 - 3.98% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (67,360,302 - 3.63% = PMC) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (67,360,302 - 3.63% = PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy N/A holder: 11. Number of voting N/A rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy N/A holder will cease to hold voting rights: Notification using 13. Additional the total voting information: rights figure of 1,853,389,577 14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM) 15. Contact number 020 3124 3851
mapperRelated Shares:
Rolls-Royce