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
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
Capital Research and Management Company
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
27 August 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
28 August 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
Below 6%
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
(ISIN: GB0005603997)
356,989,178
356,989,178
353,497,431
5.9452 %
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
353,497,431
5.9452 %
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Capital Research and Management Company- 353,497,431- 5.945%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
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.