Shearwater Regulatory News (SWG)

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:

Scott Wilson 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 (Group) 

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

2 November 2009 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4 November 2009 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 10% (Group)

Above 10% (LGIM)

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD 

6,394,674 

6,394,674

6,772,054

5,495,855

1,276,199

 7.528

 1.748

GBP 0.10  

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

 CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

553,000

Nominal

Delta

 0.757

0.757

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 7,325,054

10.03

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) (7,325,054-10.03%= Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (7,325,054-10.03%=Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (7,325,054-10.03%=Total Position)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (5,495,855-7.52%=LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (2,986,523-4.09%=PMC)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (2,509,332-3.43%=LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (2,986,523-4.09%=PMC)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (2,509,332-3.43%=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 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 73,000,446 

14. Contact name:

Geoff Redwood

15. Contact telephone number:

Tel: 01256 310225