Notification of major interest in shares (7103N)

TIDMMNR TIDMLGEN

RNS Number : 7103N

Minerva PLC

06 September 2011

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the                       Minerva 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)                          N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date              01 September 2011 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                05 September 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed               L&G (Below 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          Situation previous                        Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of shares            to the triggering                                       transaction 
 if                      transaction 
 possible 
 using the 
 ISIN CODE 
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                 Number            Number          Number       Number of voting            % of voting rights 
                   of                of              of              rights 
                 Shares            Voting          shares 
                                   Rights 
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                                                               Direct      Indirect      Direct          Indirect 
-----------    ----  -----  ------  -----  ----  -------    ------------  ---------  --------------  --------------- 
 Ordinary                 4,971,527                                            Below 3% 
 25p                  (As on 19/11/2010) 
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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    Expiration     Exercise/                      Number of voting            % of voting 
  instrument           date           Conversion Period              rights that may             rights 
                                                                     be 
                                                                     acquired if the 
                                                                     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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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights 
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                                                      Below 3% 
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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) (Below 3% 
                                = 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 167,791,347 
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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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