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: | Vertu Motors 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.): | N/A |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 22 January 2013 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23 January 2013 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Group (Above 5%) LGIM (Above 5%) |
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 | |||||
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
Ordinary 10p | Below 5% (As of 10/12/2012) | 10,052,383 | 5,433,662 | 4,618,721 | 2.72% | 2.30% |
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 |
10,052,383 | 5.02% |
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) ( 10,052,383 -5.02% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( 10,052,383 -5.02% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (
10,052,383 -5.02% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(Direct) (LGIMHD)
Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited
(PMC)
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (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 |
200,075,904
14. Contact name: | Angela Hayter (LGIM) |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 |
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