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Holding(s) in company

24 Jul 2012

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: Sagentia Group PLC
2: Reason for 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)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 

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

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

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

20 July 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 July 2012

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

Group (Below 15%)
LGIM (Below 15%)
L&G (From 15% to 12%)

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares
If possible use ISIN code

Ordinary 1p

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

6,008,539 (L&G)
6,008,539 (LGIM)
(As on 18/04/2012)

6,008,539 (L&G)
6,008,539 (LGIM)
(As on 18/04/2012)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of
voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

4,683,539

4,683,539

12.03%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date

No. of voting rights that may be acquired
(if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage
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

4,683,539 (L&G)
4,683,539 (LGIM)

12.03%
12.03%

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) (4,683,539 - 12.03% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (4,683,539 - 12.03% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (4,683,539 - 12.03% = Total Position)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (4,683,539 - 12.03% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)
     

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




Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH
(4,683,539 - 12.03% LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
(4,683,539 - 12.03% LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Pensions (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 38,921,480

14. Contact name:

Paul Toon (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3124 3854


Enquiries:

Sagentia Group plc Numis Securities
Martyn Ratcliffe, Chairman Oliver Cardigan / Simon Willis, Nominated Adviser
Brent Hudson, Chief Executive James Serjeant, Corporate Broking
Neil Elton, Finance Director
+44 1223 875 200 +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Media Enquiries:

Abchurch
Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7702
www.abchurch-group.com

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