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RNS Number : 0245U

SDL PLC

20 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 (L&G) 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
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                                                        17 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:                      19 December 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                   L&G (From 3% to 4%) 
  or 
  reached: 
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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 
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                   Number            Number                            Number of voting             % of voting rights 
                     of                 of                                   rights 
                   Shares             Voting 
                                      Rights 
------------  ---------------  ------------------  -----------    --------------------------  ------------------------------ 
                                                       Number          Direct       Indirect      Direct         Indirect 
                                                      of shares 
------------    -----  ------  -------  -----      -------------  ---------------  ---------  --------------  -------------- 
                            3,079,410 
 
 Ordinary 1p            (As of 18/12/2012)            3,229,234       3,229,234                    4.02% 
------------  -----------------------------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------  --------------  -------------- 
 
 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. 
---------------------  ---------------  --------------------------------  ----------------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 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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                            3,229,234                                                       4.02% 
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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) ( 4,197,137 - 5.23%= Total Position) 
                                               Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) 
                                              Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( 4,197,137 
                                                                       - 5.23%= Total Position) 
                                                  Legal & General Investment Management Limited 
                                                   (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 4,197,137 - 5.23%= Total 
                                                                                      Position) 
                Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 3,229,234 -4.02% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
                Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited 
                                           Management (Holdings) Limited        (Direct) (LGIH) 
                                                                              (Direct) (LGIMHD) 
         Legal & General Assurance            Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & 
                                                     (Pensions Management) Limited        LGPL) 
                                                                                          (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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