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17 Jun 2010

Notifications of Major Interests 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 (yes/no):
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):

7 June 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10 June 2010

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

Group (Above 10%)
LGIM (Above 10%)
L&G (Above 3%)

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of share
If possible use ISIN code

Ordinary 1p

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Below 3% (L&G)
Below 5% (LGIM)
First notification under DTR Source Book

Below 3% (L&G)
Below 5% (LGIM)
First notification under DTR Source Book

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of
voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

6,258,539

6,258,539

-

14.99%

-

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

6,258,539 (L&G)
6,258,539 (LGIM)

14.99%
14.99%

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) ( 6,258,539 -14.99%= Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  ( 6,258,539 - 14.99%= Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 6,258,539 - 14.99%= Total Position)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 6,258,539 - 14.99%=LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) ( 6,258,539 - 14.99%= LGAS & LGPL)

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

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL) ( 6,258,539 - 14.99%= 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 41,723,595

14. Contact name:

Wayne Powell (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3124 3851


Enquiries:
Sagentia Group plc Arbuthnot Securities
Martyn Ratcliffe, Chairman
Brent Hudson, CEO
Guy McCarthy, CFO		 Nick Tulloch
Paul Gillam
+44 1223 875 200 +44 20 7012 2000
www.sagentia.com/investors www.arbuthnot.co.uk

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