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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |Novae Group plc |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting | |
|rights are attached: | |
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|2. Reason for notification(yes/no) |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |Acquisition|
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may | |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting| |
|rights are attached | |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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|Other (please specify):______________ | |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject|Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
|to notification obligation: | |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions |
|different from 3): |Management) Limited (PMC) |
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|5. Date of transactions(and date |22 January 2010 |
|on which the threshold is crossed| |
|or reached if different): | |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:|26 January 2010 |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are |From 4% to 5% |
|crossed or reached: | |
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|8: Notified Details |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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|Class/type of|Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering |
|shares |to the triggering |transaction |
|If possible |transaction | |
|use ISIN code+----------+-------+----------+------------------+---------------+
| |Number of |Number |Number of |Number of voting |Percentage of |
| |shares |of |shares |rights |voting rights |
| | |voting | +---------+--------+------+--------+
|Ordinary | |rights | |Direct |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|shares of £1 | | | | | | | |
|each |3,651,159 | |3,693,159 | | | | |
| | | | |3,693,159| |5.04% | |
|GB00B2QCM188 | | | | | | | |
+-------------+----------+-------+----------+---------+--------+------+--------+
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|B: Financial Instruments |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |No. of voting rights |Percentage |
|financial |date |conversion |that may be acquired |of voting |
|instrument | |period/date |(if the instrument |rights |
| | | |exercised/converted) | |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|Not | | | | |
|applicable | | | | |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
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| Total (A+B) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 3,693,159 | 5.04% |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) 4,530,804 representing 6.18% |
|= total position |
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|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and Indirect)|
|4,530,804 representing 6.18% = total position |
| |
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|Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) 4,530,804 |
|representing 6.13% = total position |
| |
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|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) 3,693,159 representing 5.04% |
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|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) 2,564,774 |
|representing 3.50% |
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|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited 2,564,774 representing|
|3.50% |
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|Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) |
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|Legal & General Assurance Society Limited |
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|Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of proxy holder: | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
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| 13. Additional information: | Total voting rights figure is 73,221,346 |
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| 14 Contact name: | Teresa Furmston |
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| 15. Contact telephone name: | 020 7903 7303 |
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