TIDMSDL 
 
RNS Number : 3996Q 
SDL PLC 
02 August 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                  | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |              SDL PLC                | 
| underlying issuer                          |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights  |                                     | 
| are                                        |                                     | 
| attached: ii                               |                                     | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |   X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which    |        | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting  |        | 
| rights are attached                                                     |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect  |        | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                     |        | 
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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   |              BlackRock, Inc.               | 
| to the                              |                                            | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                            | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                                            | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          |                                            | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |              29th July 2010                | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached: v                          |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |              2nd August 2010               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |        Holding has gone above 16%          | 
| or                                  |                                            | 
| reached: vi, vii                    |                                            | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                  | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                                          | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous                               | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                | 
| of           | to the triggering                                |                                                                                                     | 
| shares       | transaction                                      |                                                                                                     | 
| if possible  |                                                  |                                                                                                     | 
| using        |                                                  |                                                                                                     | 
| the ISIN     |                                                  |                                                                                                     | 
| CODE         |                                                  |                                                                                                     | 
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|              | Number                      | Number             | Number                 | Number                 | % of  voting rights x                             | 
|              | of                          | of                 | of                     | of                     |                                                   | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting             | shares                 | voting                 |                                                   | 
|              |                             | Rights             |                        | rights                 |                                                   | 
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|              |                             |                    | Direct                 | Direct xi | Indirect   | Direct                           | Indirect       | 
|              |                             |                    |                        |           | xii        |                                  |                | 
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| GB0009376368 | 9,962,859                   | 9,962,859          | N/A                    | N/A       | 10,323,482 | N/A                              | 13.27%         | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                  | 
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| Type of financial                   | Expiration        | Exercise/                             | Number of voting                              | % of voting         | 
| instrument                          | date xiii         | Conversion Period                     | rights that may be                            | rights              | 
|                                     |                   | xiv                                   | acquired if the                               |                     | 
|                                     |                   |                                       | instrument is                                 |                     | 
|                                     |                   |                                       | exercised/                                    |                     | 
|                                     |                   |                                       | converted.                                    |                     | 
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|                                     |                   |                                       |                                               |                     | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                  | 
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| Type of financial              | Exercise  | Expiration      | Exercise/                 | Number of voting               | % of voting rights                        | 
| instrument                     | price     | date xvii       | Conversion                | rights instrument              | xix, xx                                   | 
|                                |           |                 | period                    | refers to                      |                                           | 
|                                |           |                 | xviii                     |                                |                                           | 
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| CFD                            | N/A       | N/A             | N/A                       | 2,422,807                      | Nominal                     | Delta       | 
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|                                |           |                 |                           |                                | 3.11%                       | 3.11%       | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                         | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                                | Percentage of voting rights                                                  | 
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| 12,746,289                                                                             | 16.38                                                                        | 
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|              |                 |    |      |            |    |  |                      | |      |    |            |       |                     |    |  |             | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the  | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                  | 
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| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 12,746,289 (16.38%)              | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |                              | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                              | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |                              | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          | SDL PLC                                  | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    | Pamela Pickering                         | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 01628 417241 ppickering@sdl.com          | 
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