20 Jun 2011 11:37

Financial Services Authority
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: Ā | EKF Diagnostic Holdings Plc | |||
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ||||
Ā An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached. Ā | ||||
Ā An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments Ā | ||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Yes | |||
Other (please specify): Ā | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Ā (if different from 3.): | Ā Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Ā | |||
Ā 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 16 June 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 17 June 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: Ā | L&G (From 9% to 11%) | |||
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8. Notified details: Ā | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Ā Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Ordinary 1p | Ā 16,000,000 Ā (As on 08/12/2010) | Ā 27,693,182 | Ā 27,693,182 | 11.07% | ||||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Ā Type of financialinstrument | Ā Expirationdate | Ā Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | Ā % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Ā Type of financialinstrument Ā | Ā Exercise price | Ā Expiration date | Ā Exercise/Conversion period | Ā Number of voting rights instrument refers to Ā | Ā % of voting rights Ā | |||||||||||
Ā Ā | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
Ā Ā 27,693,182 Ā | 11.07% | |||||||||||||||
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Proxy Voting: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 249,978,134 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14. Contact name: | Paul Toon (LGIM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3854 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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