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18/12/2014 16:31

RNS Number : 2211A
Legal & General Group Plc
18 December 2014
For filings with the FCA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
Legal & General Group plc 
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
No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
No
Other (please specify):

No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
17 December 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
18 December 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
5%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary Shares
GB0005603997
297,008,693
297,008,693


297,097,017

5.00%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights






C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx




Nominal
Delta



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
297,097,017
5.00%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Asset Management Limited - 256,198,990
Invesco Global Asset Management Limited - 195,142
Invesco GT Management Limited - 30,180,633
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 1,251,272
Invesco Advisers Inc. - 16,083
Invesco Investment Advisers LLC - 8,315,069
Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 178,079
Invesco Asset Management GmbH Deutschland - 467,095
Invesco Asset Management Japan - 294,654

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
Invesco Limited
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:


14. Contact name:
Philippa Sadler
15. Contact telephone number:
01491 417 000


Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name 
(including legal form of legal entities)

Contact address 
(registered office for legal entities)

Phone number & email

Other useful information 
(at least legal representative for legal persons)



B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Invesco (UK) Limited
Contact address
Perpetual Park, Perpetual Park Drive, Henley-on-Thames. Oxon. RG9 1HH
Phone number & email
01491 417000
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)


C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

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