TIDMSDL TIDMLGEN 
 
RNS Number : 1969M 
SDL PLC 
23 January 2009 
 

 
TR-1:notification of major interests in shares 
 
 
 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |            SDL Plc              | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting      |                                 | 
| rights are attached:                           |                                 | 
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ 
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                              | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          | Yes       | 
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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 to the       |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)  | 
| notification obligation:                       |                                 | 
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ 
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different   |    Legal & General Assurance    | 
| from 3.):                                      |  (Pensions Management) Limited  | 
|                                                |              (PMC)              | 
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ 
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which  |        21 January 2009          | 
| the threshold is crossed or reached if         |                                 | 
| different):                                    |                                 | 
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ 
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:              |        22 January 2009          | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or         |        From 4% - 3%(L&G)        | 
| reached:                                       |                                 | 
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------+-----------+ 
 
 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                        | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                              | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Class/type | Situation previous      | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      | 
| of shares  | to the Triggering       |                                                           | 
| if         | transaction             |                                                           | 
| possible   |                         |                                                           | 
| using the  |                         |                                                           | 
| ISIN CODE  |                         |                                                           | 
+            +-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ 
|            | Number     | Number     | Number     | Number of voting      | % of voting rights   | 
|            | of         | of         | of         | rights                |                      | 
|            | Shares     | Voting     | shares     |                       |                      | 
|            |            | Rights     |            |                       |                      | 
+            +            +            +            +-----------------------+----------------------+ 
|            |            |            |            | Direct     | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect  | 
|            |            |            |            |            |          |          |           | 
+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+----------+----------+-----------+ 
|  ORD       |  3,115,206 |  3,115,206 |  2,971,366 |  2,971,366 |          |  3.92    |           | 
|  GBP       |            |            |            |            |          |          |           | 
|  0.01      |            |            |            |            |          |          |           | 
+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+----------+----------+-----------+ 
 
 
+----------------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+------------+ 
| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Type of        | Expiration | Exercise/ Conversion | Number of voting   | % of       | 
| financial      | date       | Period/ Date         | rights that may be | voting     | 
| instrument     |            |                      | acquired if the    | rights     | 
|                |            |                      | instrument is      |            | 
|                |            |                      | exercised/         |            | 
|                |            |                      | converted.         |            | 
+----------------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+------------+ 
|                |            |                      |                    |            | 
+----------------+------------+----------------------+--------------------+------------+ 
 
 
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Total (A+B)                                                                   | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Number of voting rights              | % of voting rights                     | 
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
|              2,971,366               |                  3.92                  | 
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| 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)                         | 
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)                | 
| (Direct and Indirect)                                                           | 
| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)                 | 
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (2,971,366 - 3.92% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) | 
| Legal              Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)   | 
| &                                                                               | 
| General                                                                         | 
| Investment                                                                      | 
| Management                                                                      | 
| (Holdings)                                                                      | 
| Limited                                                                         | 
| (Direct)                                                                        | 
| (LGIMHD)                                                                        | 
| (2,708,028                                                                      | 
| - 3.57% =                                                                       | 
| PMC)                                                                            | 
| Legal              Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)      | 
| &                                                                               | 
| General                                                                         | 
| Assurance                                                                       | 
| (Pensions                                                                       | 
| Management)                                                                     | 
| Limited                                                                         | 
| (PMC) (2,708,028                                                                | 
| - 3.57% = PMC)                                                                  | 
| Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)                               | 
|                                                                                 | 
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |            N/A             | 
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ 
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |            N/A             | 
| cease to hold:                                  |                            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ 
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |            N/A             | 
| hold voting rights:                             |                            | 
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ 
 
 
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|  13. Additional information:    |                                            | 
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 
| 14. Contact name:               |                John Hunter                 | 
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 
| 15. Contact telephone number:   |                01628 417241                | 
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
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