6 Nov 2009 12:12

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: |
Sportech plc |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
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 | Â | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Â | |
Other (please specify): | Disclosure of holdings follows the sale of Insight Investment Management Limited on 2 November 2009. This notification supersedes any notifications previously issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc. | XÂ |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Lloyds Banking Group plc |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See Section 9 |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 02 November 2009 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 04 November 2009 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | N/A - Direct/Indirect holdings remain above 12% |
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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 50p | 12,288,480Â | Â 12,288,480 | Â 10,995,447 | Â 10,995,447 | Â 1,227,376 | Â 10.924% | Â 1.219% |
GB00B28ZPV64 |
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 |
 N/A |  |  |  |  |
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 |
 12,222,823 |  12.143% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
 8,414,133 shares (8.360%) are under the control of Bank of Scotland plc a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and are therefore disclosed as an overall Direct Interest. 3,471,413 shares (3.449%) are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Direct/Indirect Interests). Within these holdings, 2,184,779 shares (2.171%) are managed on behalf of Clerical Medical Managed Funds Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Financial Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and are therefore disclosed as an overall Direct Interest. |
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/AÂ |
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 100,652,603. |
14. Contact name: | Â Matthew Wilson |
15. Contact telephone number: | Â 0113 235 7729 |