26th Jul 2013 17:45
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
The TR-1 notification below announces Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited's (UTM) shareholding in Vernalis plc has gone above the 5% threshold. UTM's total shareholding in Vernalis plc is now 31,615,513 shares (7.15%).
The total shareholding in Vernalis plc of Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group), Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH), Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) and Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) is 43,029,332 shares (9.73%), part of which is the 7.15% held by UTM.
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
Vernalis plc
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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): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited (As operator of Collective Investment Schemes) (UTM)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| Legal & General Group Plc (Group) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIMH) (LGIM) |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 24 July 2013 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 25 July 2013 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| UTM (Above 5%) |
8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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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 | ||||
Ordinary 1p Shares | 19,279,819 (as at 23 July 2013)
| 31,615,513 | 31,615,513 | 7.15% | |||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | 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
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
31,615,513 | 7.15% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||
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Proxy Voting:
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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 442,112,768 |
14. Contact name:
| David Mackney, CFO |
15. Contact telephone number:
| +44 (0) 118 938 0015 |
Related Shares:
Legal & GeneralVernalis PLC