Last checked at 20 Aug 2009 11:15
Intertek Group plc
(the Company)
NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
A form TR-1 containing the following information was received by the Company yesterday.
Name of Company contact and telephone number for queries:
Ida Woodger, Company Secretarial Assistant, 020 7396 3413
Date of notification by Company: 20 August 2009
| 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: | Intertek 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: | 18 August 2009 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 19 August 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 | 6,353,099 | 6,353,099 | 6,340,899 | 6,340,899 | 3.99 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 6,340,899 | 3.99 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 158,557,376 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis (LGIM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||