Thursday 04 February, 2010
Ladbrokes plc
Holding(s) in Company
RNS Number : 7227G Ladbrokes plc 04 February 2010
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
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Ladbrokes plc
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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
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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 the
notification obligation: iii
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Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
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Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
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5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v
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20 January 2010
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
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21 January 2010
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
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L&G (From 6% to 7%)
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
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Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number
of
Shares
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Number
of
Voting
Rights
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Number
of shares
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Number of voting
rights
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% of voting rights x
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Direct xi
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Indirect xii
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Direct
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Indirect
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56,609,817
(As on 12/01/2010)
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66,547,136
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66,547,136
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7.37%
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ORD GBP
GB00BOZSH635
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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
instrument
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Expiration
date xiii
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Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
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Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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% of voting
rights
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial
instrument
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Exercise price
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Expiration date xvii
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Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
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Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal
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Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights
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Percentage of voting rights
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66,547,136
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7.37%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (83,175,112 - 9.22% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (83,175,112 - 9.22% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
(83,175,112 - 9.22% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (66,547,136 - 7.37% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (31,547,488 - 3.49% = PMC) (LGIH) (34,999,648 - 3.88% = LGAS & LGPL)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS &
(PMC) (31,547,488 - 3.49% = PMC) LGPL) (34,999,648 - 3.88% = LGAS & LGPL)
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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N/A
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
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N/A
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
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N/A
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13. Additional information:
It has been brought to the company's attention that Legal & General Group Plc made the following 'holding in company' notifications in the period from 26 January 2009 to 12 January 2010.
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Number and % of voting rights
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Date
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Number of
Shares Issued
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Direct and Indirect
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Direct
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12 January 2010
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902,005,929
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L&G (From 5% to 6%)
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66,623,865
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7.38%
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56,609,817
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6.27%
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17 December 2009
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901,991,177
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L&G (From 4% to 5%)
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50,539,868
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5.60%
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45,355,405
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5.02%
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15 December 2009
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901,991,177
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LGIM (Above 5%)
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46,705,084
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5.17%
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42,103,192
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4.66%
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27 November 2009
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901,974,718
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L&G (From 3% to 4%)
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-
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0.00%
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37,921,517
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4.20%
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20 March 2009
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601,227,711
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L&G (From 4% to 3%)
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-
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0.00%
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24,023,074
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3.99%
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04 March 2009
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601,227,711
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L&G (From 3% to 4%)
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0.00%
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24,087,999
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4.00%
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26 February 2009
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600,709,839
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L&G (From 4% to 3%)
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0.00%
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24,019,150
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3.99%
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20 February 2009
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600,709,839
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L&G (From 3% to 4%)
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0.00%
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24,372,502
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4.05%
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26 January 2009
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600,638,706
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L&G (From 4% to 3%)
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-
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0.00%
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23,776,688
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3.95%
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Due to a procedural error concerning Ladbrokes' e-mail system these notifications were not received by Ladbrokes personnel at the time the notifications were issued. This error has now been corrected and Ladbrokes plc expects all subsequent notifications to be received by its personnel and in accordance with DTR 5.8.12 to be made public.
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14. Contact name:
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15. Contact telephone number:
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