20th Jun 2011 15:11
Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:
| Sportingbet Plc | |||
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Yes | |||
Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification 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.): | N/A | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 16 June 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 17 June 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:
| Group (Above 5%) LGIM (Above 5%) L&G (From 3% to 4%) | |||
8. Notified details:
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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 |
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NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights |
Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights |
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Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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GBP 0.001 | 15,224,000 (L&G) | 35,757,770 | 29,799,312 | 5,958,458 | 4.51% | 0.90% |
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Below 5% (LGIM) |
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(As on 24/09/2010) |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financialinstrument |
Expirationdate |
Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. |
% of votingrights |
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CFD | N/A | N/A | 1,366,844 | 0.21% |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financialinstrument
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Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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29,799,312 (L&G) | 4.51% |
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37,124,614 (LGIM)
| 5.62% |
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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: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 660,543,128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14. Contact name: | Paul Toon (LGIM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3854 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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