Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 2022P 
Alexon Group PLC 
12 July 2010 
 

Financial Services Authority 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |          Alexon Group 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   |      Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)       | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation:            |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                            | 
|  (if different from 3.):            | Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  | 
|                                     |               (LGAS & LGPL)                | 
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|                                     |                08 July 2010                | 
| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                            | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                09 July 2010                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |            L&G (From 5% to 6%)             | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached:                            |                                            | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                            | 
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| Class/type |            Situation previous             |         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction          | 
| of         |            to the triggering              |                                                                       | 
| shares     |                transaction                |                                                                       | 
| if         |                                           |                                                                       | 
| possible   |                                           |                                                                       | 
| using      |                                           |                                                                       | 
| the ISIN   |                                           |                                                                       | 
| CODE       |                                           |                                                                       | 
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|            |      Number       |        Number         |             |        Number of voting         |         % of          | 
|            |        of         |          of           |   Number    |             rights              |        voting         | 
|            |      Shares       |        Voting         |  of shares  |                                 |        rights         | 
|            |                   |        Rights         |             |                                 |                       | 
+            +                   +                       +             +---------------------------------+-----------------------+ 
|            |                   |                       |             |    Direct    |    Indirect      | Direct  |  Indirect   | 
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| Ordinary   |                 8,311,837                 | 9,697,143   |  9,697,143   |                  |  6.62%  |             | 
| 0.125p     |                                           |             |              |                  |         |             | 
|            |            (As on 25/03/2010)             |             |              |                  |         |             | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                           | 
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|                         |                    |                             | Number of voting              |                   | 
| Type of financial       | Expiration         | Exercise/                   | rights that may be            | % of voting       | 
| instrument              | date               | Conversion Period           | acquired if the               | rights            | 
|                         |                    |                             | 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 voting         | % of voting rights              | 
| financial          | price            | date        | Conversion  | rights instrument        |                                 | 
| instrument         |                  |             | period      | refers to                |                                 | 
|                    |                  |             |             |                          |                                 | 
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|                    |                  |             |             |                          |      Nominal      |    Delta    | 
|                    |                  |             |             |                          |                   |             | 
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|                    |                  |             |             |                          |                   |             | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                  | 
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| Number of voting rights                                           | Percentage of voting rights                                | 
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|                                                                   |                           6.62%                            | 
|                             9,697,143                             |                                                            | 
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|            |       |    |      |      |      |      |  |          |  |     |        |        |         |   |     |             | 
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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) ( 9,697,143 -6.62%= Total Position) | 
|                                Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) | 
|                                        Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  ( | 
|                                               9,697,143 -6.62%= Total Position) | 
|                                   Legal & General Investment Management Limited | 
|                                     (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 9,697,143 -6.62%= Total | 
|                                                                       Position) | 
|       Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 9,697,143 - 6.62%=LGAS, LGPL & | 
|                                                                            PMC) | 
|     Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General Insurance Holdings | 
|    (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)     Limited (Direct) (LGIH) ( 9,420,082 | 
|                                                            -6.43%= LGAS & LGPL) | 
|      Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      Legal & General Assurance Society | 
|     Management) Limited  (PMC)               Limited  (LGAS & LGPL) ( 9,420,082 | 
|                                                            -6.43%= LGAS & LGPL) | 
|                                                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 will    |             N/A              | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |             N/A              | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |   Notification using the total voting    | 
|                                      |      rights figure of 146,287,665        | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |           Wayne Powell (LGIM)            | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |              020 3124 3851               | 
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