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RNS Number : 8851U

Booker Group PLC

03 August 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                                Booker Group Plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                              Yes 
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   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 
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   Other (please 
   specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                               Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                                N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
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                                                                                          29 July 2015 
   5. Date of the transaction and date 
   on 
   which the threshold is crossed 
   or 
   reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                        31 July 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                     L&G (Above 3%) 
  or 
  reached: 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Situation previous                            Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of                       to the triggering                                           transaction 
 shares                      transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                    Number               Number                               Number of voting           % of voting rights 
                       of                  of                                      rights 
                     Shares              Voting 
                                         Rights 
------------  ------------------  -------------------  --------          -------------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                            Number           Direct       Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                           of shares 
------------    -----     ------  ------  ------  ---  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
                              Below 3% 
 
 Ordinary 1p              (As of 02/07/2015)               53,458,003       53,458,003                  3.02% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                          Number of voting 
   Type of financial         Expiration      Exercise/                     rights that may                  % of voting 
   instrument                date            Conversion Period             be                               rights 
                                                                           acquired if the 
                                                                           instrument is 
                                                                           exercised/ converted. 
------------------------  --------------  -----------------------------  ------------------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 
 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          Exercise          Expiration      Exercise/              Number of voting                % of voting rights 
  financial        price             date            Conversion             rights instrument 
  instrument                                         period                 refers to 
--------------  ----------------  --------------  ---------------------  ------------------------------  ---------------------- 
                                                                                                            Nominal      Delta 
--------------  ----------------  --------------  ---------------------  ------------------------------  -------------  ------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                             Percentage of voting rights 
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                             53,458,003                                                        3.02% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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                                                                                Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) 
                                                                                           (Group) ( Below 5% = Total Position) 
                                                                               Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) 
                                                                                  Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( Below 
                                                                                                           5% = Total Position) 
                                                                                  Legal & General Investment Management Limited 
                                                                                 (Indirect) (LGIM) ( Below 5% = Total Position) 
                                               Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 53,458,003 -3.02% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
                                                Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited 
                                                                           Management (Holdings) Limited        (Direct) (LGIH) 
                                                                                                              (Direct) (LGIMHD) 
                                         Legal & General Assurance            Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & 
                                                                                     (Pensions Management) Limited        LGPL) 
                                                                                                                          (PMC) 
                                                                               Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                                                          N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                                                           N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                                Notification using the total voting 
  13. Additional information:                                                      rights figure of 1,766,109,923 
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 14. Contact name:                                                                      Amy Williams (LGIM) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                             029 2035 4097 
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