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RNS Number : 4262C
Laird PLC
12 November 2009
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | Laird 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 | X |
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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 | Aviva plc & its subsidiaries |
| the notification obligation: | |
| | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Registered Holder: |
| different from 3.): | BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 2,309,387* |
| | Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 19,994,193* |
| | Chase Nominees Limited 787,421* |
| | CUIM Nominee Limited 625,492* |
| | * denotes direct interest |
| | BNP Paribas - London 166,968 |
| | Chase Nominees Limited 1,261,484 |
| | State Street Nominees Limited 2,130,803 |
| | Vidacos Nominees Limited 360,355 |
| | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | |
| on which the threshold is crossed | 10 November 2009 |
| or reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12 November 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | 12% to 13% Change at Direct |
| or reached: | Interest Level |
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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 transaction |
| shares | to the triggering | |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of voting | % of voting rights |
| | of | of | of | rights | |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | | |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + +----------------+--------------------------+---------------------+
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+----------------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+------------+----------+----------+
| Ordinary | 26,886,103 | 26,886,103 | 27,636,103 | 23,716,493 | 3,919,610 | 13.36% | 2.21% |
| Shares | | | | | | | |
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| GB00B1VNST91 | | | | | | | |
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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 be | rights |
| | | Period | 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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| 27,636,103 | 15.57% |
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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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| The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services |
| Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings: |
| |
| Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: |
| - Aviva plc (Parent Company) |
| - Aviva Group Holdings Linked (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) |
| - Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings |
| Limited) |
| - Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors |
| Holdings Limited) |
| |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | See Section 4 |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder | |
| will cease to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease | |
| to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | Figures are based on a total |
| | number of voting rights of |
| | 177,534,804 |
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| 14. Contact name: | Neil Whittaker |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01603 684420 |
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