19th Dec 2007 11:49
Land of Leather Holdings plc19 December 2007 19th December 2007 Land of Leather Holdings plc Holding(s) in Company Land of Leather Holdings plc, the UK's only national retailer which specialisesin leather sofas, has received the following notification of a major interest inits shares. 2. Reason for the notification: An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Legal &General Group Plc (Group), Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM),Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): Legal & General Assurance(Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold was crossed orreached if different): 12th December 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 19th December 2007 7. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: Above 5% (Group), above 5% (LGIM), from 4%to 6% (L&G) 8. Notified details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares: Ordinary one penny shares Situation previous to the triggering transaction Number of Shares: 2,086,534 (L&G), below 5% (LGIM) Number of Voting Rights: 2,086,534 (L&G), below 5% (LGIM) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of shares: 3,096,055 Number of voting rights - Direct: 3,096,055 Number of voting rights - Indirect: 113,621 % of voting rights - Direct: 6.126 % of voting rights - Indirect: 0.224 B: Financial Instruments: - Total (A+B) Number of voting rights: 3,209,676 % of voting rights: 6.35 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Legal & General GroupPlc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (3,209,676 - 6.35% = Total Position), Legal &General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)(3,209,676 - 6.35% = Total Position), Legal & General Investment ManagementLimited (Indirect) (LGIM) (3,209,676 - 6.35% = Total Position), Legal & GeneralGroup Plc (Direct) (L&G) (3,096,055 - 6.12% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC), Legal & GeneralInvestment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (2,284,905 - 4.52% =PMC), Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (2,284,905 -4.52% = PMC), Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH), Legal& General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL), Legal & General PensionsLimited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting 10. Name of the 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: Notification using the total voting rights figure of50,535,710. Please note this notification has been delayed due to the largenumber of disclosures required following a substantial amount of new businesswhich has come to us in the form of an in-specie transfer. 14. Contact name of person(s) subject to the notification obligations: HelenLewis (LGIM) 15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851 Enquires concerning this announcement can be directed to Adrian Goodenough,Company Secretary (Telephone 01474 322277 / Facsimile 01474 360428 / [email protected]) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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