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EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC

19 January 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                       EKF Diagnostic Holdings 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) 
  (if different from 3.):                                                   Legal & General Assurance Society Limited 
                                                                                          (LGAS & LGPL) 
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                                                                                        15 January 2016 
   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:                                                      19 January 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                  L&G (From 5% to 4%) 
  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 
                     of                       of                                           rights                    rights 
                   Shares                   Voting 
                                            Rights 
------------  ----------------  ------------------------------                  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
                                                                    Number          Direct        Indirect     Direct    Indirect 
                                                                   of shares 
------------      ------------      ------------  ------------  --------------  --------------  -----------  ---------  --------- 
                                 25,091,376 
 Ordinary 
  1p                          (As on 22/04/2014)                   19,214,079      19,214,079        -         4.55%        - 
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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            Expiration        Exercise/                                    rights that may               % of voting 
  financial          date              Conversion Period                            be                            rights 
  instrument                                                                        acquired if the 
                                                                                    instrument is 
                                                                                    exercised/ converted. 
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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          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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                            19,214,079                                                         4.55% 
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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) (32,704,079, 7.74% = 
                                                                                                     Total Position) 
                                        Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and 
                                                                                              Indirect) (32,704,079, 
                                                                                             7.74% = Total Position) 
                                        Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (32,704,079, 
                                                                                                       7.74% = Total 
                                                                                                           Position) 
                                     Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (19,214,079, 4.55% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
                                Legal & General Investment Management     Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited 
                               (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)      (Direct) (LGIH) (19,214,079, 4.55% = LGAS & 
                                                                                                               LGPL) 
                                 Legal & General Assurance (Pensions       Legal & General Assurance Society Limited 
                                 Management) Limited (PMC)                 (LGAS & LGPL) (19,214,079, 4.55% = LGAS & 
                                                                                                               LGPL) 
                                                                           Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) 

January 19, 2016 09:44 ET (14:44 GMT)

                                                                                                              (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 422,057,074 
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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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