1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
Legal & General Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
No
Other (please specify):
No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
19 November 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
20 November 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary Shares
GB0005603997
299,339,902
299,339,902
298,054,935
5.02%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
298,054,935
5.02%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Asset Management Limited - 265,739,304
Invesco Global Asset Management Limited - 21,040,428
Invesco GT Management Limited - 6,446,669
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 1,531,581
Invesco Advisers Inc. - 7,599,884
Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,603,093
Invesco Asset Management GmbH Deutschland - 897,230
Invesco Asset Management Japan - 796,630
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
Invesco Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
Legal & General Plc specializes in savings management. The group's activity is organized around 4 lines of business:
- asset management: indexed funds, securities, mutual investment funds, etc. GBP 1,159.2 billion of assets under management in 2023;
- life insurance and retirement savings management;
- non-life insurance;
- other: primarily alternative asset origination.