19th Feb 2008 11:25
DSG International PLC19 February 2008 TR-1: notification of major interests in shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the DSG International Plcunderlying issuer of existing --------------------shares to which voting rights areattached:-------------------------------2. Reason for notification (yes/no)------------------------------------------------- ---------An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes------------------------------------------ ---------An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may resultin the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights ---------are attached------------------------------------------An event changing the breakdown of voting rights------------------------------------------ ---------Other (please specify):______________------------------------------------------ ---------3. Full name of person(s) subject Legal & General Group Plc (Group)to the notification obligation: Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) ------------------------------- --------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)different from 3.): Limited (PMC) Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) ------------------------------- --------------------5. Date of the transaction (and 14 February 2008date on which the threshold is --------------------crossed or reached if different):-------------------------------6. Date on which issuer notified: 18 February 2008------------------------------- --------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed Above 5% (Group)or reached: Above 5% (LGIM) ------------------------------- -------------------- 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/ Situation Resulting situation after the triggering transactiontype of previous to theshares Triggering transactionifpossible Number Number Number of Number of voting rights % of votingusing of of shares rightsthe ISIN Shares VotingCODE Rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ORD Below 5% 88,888,845 82,500,391 6,388,454 4.65 0.36GBP0.025 B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument Period/ Date exercised/ converted. rights Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 88,888,845 5.01 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financialinstruments are effectively held, if applicable: Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)(88,888,845 - 5.01% = Total Position) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (88,888,845 - 5.01% = Total Position) Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect)(LGIM) (88,888,845 - 5.01% = Total Position) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (82,500,391 - 4.65 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (Direct) (LGIH)(74,568,603 - 4.20 % = PMC) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Assurance Society LimitedLimited (PMC) (74,568,603 - 4.20 % = PMC) (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 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 1,772,442,268 14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM) 15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851 Annex to Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi) A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities): DSG international plc Contact address (registered office for legal entities): Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 7TG Phone number: 01727 202752 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): ................. B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii) Full name: Helen Thomas Contact address: As Above Phone number: As Above Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation): C: Additional information : Notes to the Forms (i) This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority. (ii) Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate. (iii) This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, as appropriate. In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned: - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercisethem under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral under these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion. (iv) Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2. (v) The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. (vi) Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state 'below 3%'. (vii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose theextent of the holding, only that the new holding is less than 3%.For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. (viii) Direct and indirect (ix) In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. (x) Voting rights to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1) (xi) Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR 5.2.1) (xii) If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%. (xiii) date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends. (xiv) If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for example once every three months starting from the (date) (xv) The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 5% or more, and insofar as the notification by theparent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking. (xvi ) This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority. (xvii) Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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