TIDMKGF TIDMLGEN
RNS Number : 8476A
Kingfisher PLC
15 October 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | KINGFISHER PLC |
| underlying 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 to the | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
| notification obligation: | |
| | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Legal & General Assurance |
| different from 3.): | (Pensions Management) Limited |
| | (PMC) |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on | 13 October 2009 |
| which the threshold is crossed or reached: | |
| | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 14 October 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | From 4% - 3% (L&G) |
| 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 | Resulting situation after the triggering |
| shares | previous | transaction |
| if possible | to the triggering | |
| using | transaction | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting |
| | of | of | of | rights | rights |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + +---------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+---------------+---------------+------------+---------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+
| ORD | 96,039,913 | 96,039,913 | 94,243,883 | 94,243,883 | | 3.99 | ORD |
| GBP | | | | | | | GBP |
| 0.157142857 | | | | | | | 0.157142857 |
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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 | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting |
| financial | | | Conversion | voting | rights |
| instrument | price | date | | rights | |
| | | | period | instrument | |
| | | | | 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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| 94,243,883 | 3.99 |
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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)
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| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)
(Direct and |
| Indirect)
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| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
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| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (94,243,883 - 3.99 % =
LGAS, LGPL & |
| PMC)
|
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| Legal & General Investment Management | Legal & General
Insurance |
| (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) | Holdings
Limited (Direct) (LGIH) |
| (85,854,939 - 3.63 % = PMC) |
|
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| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions | Legal & General
Assurance Society |
| Management) Limited (PMC) (85,854,939 - | Limited
(LGAS & LGPL) |
| 3.63 % = PMC) |
|
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| | 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 | N/A |
| will cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease | N/A |
| to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total |
| | voting rights figure of |
| | 2,360,883,923 |
| | |
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| 14. Contact name: | Ines Watson |
| | Assistant Company Secretary |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | +44 (0)20 7644 1093 |
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