24 Sep 2009 13:38
Financial Services Authority
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Finsbury Food Group Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached. An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)notification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 21 September 2009 reached: 6. Date on which issuer notified: 23 September 2009 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 3% (L&G) 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/ Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction type of to the triggering shares transaction Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights if of of rights possible Shares Voting Number using Rights of shares the ISIN CODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ORD 1,963,245 1,963,245 Below 3% GBP 0.01 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of voting rights that may be Type of Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting financial date Conversion Period instrument is rights instrument exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise price Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights financial date Conversion instrument refers to instrument period Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights Below 3%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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 Management (Holdings) Legal & General Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Limited (PMC) Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A voting rights: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 13. Additional information: 51,448,466 14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM) 15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851 Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer Annex: Notification of major interests in shares A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name Legal & General Group (including legal form of legal entities) Plc Contact address One Coleman Street, (registered office for legal entities) London, EC2R 5AA Phone number & email 020 3124 3851 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) Paul Sweeney
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Helen Lewis Contact address One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA Phone number & email 020 3124 3851 Helen.lewis@lgim.co.uk Other useful information Investment Advisor (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
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