Holding(s) in Company (3947I)

TIDMIAEM TIDMIAES

RNS Number : 3947I

Impax Asian Environmental Mkts Plc

14 June 2011

Financial Services Authority

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the            Impax Asian Environmental Markets 
 underlying issuer of existing shares to                    Plc 
 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 
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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                        YES 
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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)                          N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                10 June 2011 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                  13 June 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed               L&G (Above 3%) 
  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 
 of shares 
 if 
 possible            Situation previous 
 using the            to the triggering                        Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE               transaction                                          transaction 
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                                   Number 
                 Number              of 
                   of              Voting           Number         Number of voting 
                 Shares            Rights          of shares            rights               % of voting rights 
-----------  -------------  -------------------  ------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                                                  Direct      Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
-----------    ---  ------  ------  -----  ----  -------  ---  ------------  ---------  ------------  -------------- 
 Ordinary 
 GBP 0.01                 Below 3%                7,025,788     7,025,788                3.26% 
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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 
                                                                      rights that may 
                                                                      be 
                                                                      acquired if the 
 Type of financial   Expiration      Exercise/                        instrument is              % of voting 
  instrument          date            Conversion Period               exercised/ converted.       rights 
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 Subscription 
 shares                                                              -                           0.00% 
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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/      Number of voting 
 financial      Exercise     Expiration      Conversion     rights instrument 
 instrument      price        date           period         refers to                      % of voting rights 
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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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 7,025,788                                                 3.26% 
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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) 
   Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) 
   Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) 
   Legal & General Investment Management Limited 
   (Indirect) (LGIM) 
               Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 7,025,788 
                            - 3.26% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
   Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance Holdings 
   Management (Holdings) Limited        Limited (Direct) (LGIH) 
   (Direct) (LGIMHD) 
   Legal & General Assurance            Legal & General Assurance Society 
   (Pensions Management) Limited        Limited (LGAS & LGPL) 
   (PMC) 
                                        Legal & General Pensions Limited 
                                        (Direct) (LGPL) 
 
 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 
  cease 
  to hold:                                                     N/A 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights:                                               N/A 
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                                          Notification using the total voting 
 13. Additional information:                  rights figure of 214,985,682 
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 14. Contact name:                                 Paul Toon (LGIM) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                       020 3124 3854 
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The person making this announcement on behalf of Impax Asian Environmental Markets plc is as follows:

Anthony Lee

Tel: [phone]

14(th) June 2011

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