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RNS Number : 8398T

SDL PLC

18 December 2012

Financial Services Authority

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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: 
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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                                      Yes 
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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               Legal & General Group Plc (Group) 
  to the 
  notification obligation:                      Legal & General Investment Management 
                                                           Limited (LGIM) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):                          Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 
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                                                          14 December 2012 
   5. Date of the transaction and date 
   on 
   which the threshold is crossed 
   or 
   reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                        18 December 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                      Group (Above 5%) 
  or 
  reached:                                                 LGIM (Above 5%) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type           Situation previous                           Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of                    to the triggering                                          transaction 
 shares                   transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
------------  ----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                  Number            Number                                 Number of voting                % of voting 
                     of                of                                       rights                        rights 
                   Shares            Voting 
                                     Rights 
------------  --------------  ------------------                  ---------------------------------  ---------------------- 
                                                      Number           Direct          Indirect        Direct     Indirect 
                                                     of shares 
------------    ----  ------      ------  ------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------  ---------  ----------- 
                            Below 5% 
 
 Ordinary 1p           (As of 07/12/2012)            3,906,813        3,079,410         827,403        3.84%       1.03% 
------------  ----------------------------------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------  ---------  ----------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                           Number of voting 
   Type of financial     Expiration          Exercise/                      rights that may               % of voting 
   instrument            date                Conversion Period              be                            rights 
                                                                            acquired if the 
                                                                            instrument is 
                                                                            exercised/ converted. 
--------------------  ------------------  ------------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
 CFD                                                                                127,734                    0.16% 
--------------------  ------------------  ------------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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  Type of          Exercise          Expiration       Exercise/      Number of voting              % of voting rights 
  financial        price             date             Conversion     rights instrument 
  instrument                                          period         refers to 
--------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------  ----------------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                                                                    Nominal        Delta 
--------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------  ----------------------------  --------------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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                            4,034,547                                                       5.03% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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                                                Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) 
                                                   (Group) ( 4,034,547 -5.03% = Total Position) 
                                               Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) 
                                              Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( 4,034,547 
                                                                       -5.03% = Total Position) 
                                                  Legal & General Investment Management Limited 
                                                   (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 4,034,547 -5.03% = Total 
                                                                                      Position) 
                Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 3,079,410 -3.84% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
                Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited 
                                           Management (Holdings) Limited        (Direct) (LGIH) 
                                                                        (Direct) (LGIMHD) (PMC) 
         Legal & General Assurance            Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & 
                                                     (Pensions Management) Limited        LGPL) 
                                                                                    (PMC) (PMC) 
                                               Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                                N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                                 N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                       Notification using the total voting 
  13. Additional information:                               rights figure of 80,208,840 
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 14. Contact name:                                             Angela Hayter (LGIM) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                    020 3124 3851 
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