TIDMXAR
RNS Number : 8433Y
Xaar PLC
10 September 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | Xaar Plc |
| 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 to | Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) |
| the | Limited (As operator of Collective |
| notification obligation: | Investment Schemes) (UTM) |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
| (if different from 3.): | Legal & General Assurance Society Limited |
| | (LGAS & LGPL) |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | 04/09/09 |
| on | |
| which the threshold is crossed or | |
| reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 08/09/09 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | Above 5% (UTM) |
| 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 of | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering |
| shares | to the triggering | transaction |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number | % of voting rights |
| | of | of | of | of | |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | voting | |
| | | Rights | | rights | |
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| | | | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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| Ord GBP 0.10 | Below 5% (UTM) |3,176,187 | |3,176,187 | | 5.04 |
| | | (UTM) | | (UTM) | | (UTM) |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting |
| instrument | date | Conversion | rights that may | rights |
| | | Period | be | |
| | | | 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 financial | Exercise price | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting |
| instrument | | date | Conversion | rights instrument | rights |
| | | | period | refers to | |
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| | | | | | Nominal | Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 3,176,187 (UTM) | 5.04 (UTM) |
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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) (7,495,006 - 11.91% = Total Position) |
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) |
| Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (7,495,006 |
| - 11.91% = Total Position) |
| Legal & General Investment Management Limited |
| (Indirect) (LGIM) (7,495,006 - 11.91% = Total |
| Position) |
| Legal & General (Unit Trust Managers) Limited |
| (3,176,187 -5.04% = UTM) |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (3,926,319 - 6.24% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) |
| Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings |
| (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (PMC) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (3,848,389 |
| - 6.11% = LGAS & LGPL) |
| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society |
| Management) Limited (PMC) (PMC) Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (3,848,389 - |
| 6.11% = LGAS & LGPL) |
| Legal & General Pensions Limited |
| (Direct) (LGPL) |
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| 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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| 13. Additional information: |Notification using the total voting |
| | rights figure of 62,895,633 |
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| 14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis (LGIM) |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 |
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