25 Jun 2009 15:13
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: | Yell 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 notification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 23 June 2009 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 24 June 2009 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | From 4% - 3% (L&G) |
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||||
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||
ORD GBP 0.01 | 33,202,907 | 33,202,907 | 30,951,977 | 30,951,977 | 3.93 | |||||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||
Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||
30,951,977 | 3.93 |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial 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 cease to hold: | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 785,867,355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis (LGIM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 |
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
Full name (including legal form for legal entities) | Legal & General Group plc |
Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | Bucklersbury House 3 Queen Victoria Street London, EC4N 8NH |
Phone number | +44 (0)20 7489 1888 |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | N/A |
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
Full name | Yell Group plc |
Contact address | Yell Group plc, Queens Walk, Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7PT |
Phone number | +44 (0) 118 950 6501/ alison.stanesby@yellgroup.com |
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | N/A |
C: Additional information | |
N/A |