Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSIAG TIDMLLOY 
 
RNS Number : 2986J 
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A 
26 March 2010 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                     | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the   | Sherborne Investors          | 
| underlying issuer of existing      | (Guernsey) A Limited         | 
| 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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|                                                               |  X    | 
| 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              |       | 
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| Other (please  |                                              |       | 
| specify):      |                                              |       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | Lloyds Banking Group plc     | 
| to the notification obligation:    |                              | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | See Section 9.               | 
| different from 3.):                |                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 11 March 2010                | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 12 March 2010                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | Direct/Indirect holdings     | 
| crossed or reached:                | increased to above 5%        | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                   | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                    | 
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| Class/type   | Situation          | Resulting situation after the                      | 
| of           | previous           | triggering transaction                             | 
| shares       | to the             |                                                    | 
| if           | triggering         |                                                    | 
| possible     | transaction        |                                                    | 
| using        |                    |                                                    | 
| the ISIN     |                    |                                                    | 
| CODE         |                    |                                                    | 
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|              | Number    | Number | Number    | Number of          | % of  voting      | 
|              | of        | of     | of        | voting             | rights            | 
|              | Shares    | Voting | shares    | rights             |                   | 
|              |           | Rights |           |                    |                   | 
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|              |           |        | Direct    | Direct | Indirect  | Direct | Indirect | 
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| Ord NPV      | N/A       | N/A    | 0         | 0      | 5,772,228 | 0.000% | 5.497%   | 
+--------------+           +        +           +        +           +        +          + 
| GG00B5M8LC56 |           |        |           |        |           |        |          | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                | 
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| Type of       | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | acquired if   |           | 
|               |            |            | the           |           | 
|               |            |            | instrument is |           | 
|               |            |            | exercised/    |           | 
|               |            |            | converted.    |           | 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
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|               |            |            |               |           | 
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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   | % of               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | 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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| 5,772,228                          | 5.497%                       | 
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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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| 5,772,228 shares (5.497%) are under the control of Scottish Widows          | 
| Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows    | 
| Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned | 
| subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).                | 
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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  | N/A                          | 
| holder will cease to hold:         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder     | N/A                          | 
| will cease to hold voting rights:  |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:        | Notification using the Total | 
|                                    | Voting Rights figure of      | 
|                                    | 105,000,000                  | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  |  Matthew Wilson              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      |  0113 235 7729               | 
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