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LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - ICAP PLC:

RNS Number : 7856I

18 March 2010

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing ICAP plc

shares to which voting rights are attached:

2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 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 Legal & General Group Plc (L & G)

notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if N/A

different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on 16 March 2010

which the threshold is crossed or reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 17 March 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Above 3% (L & G)

reached:

8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction

if possible using the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of Number rights rights
Shares Voting of shares
Rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ORD Below 3% 19,850,242 19,850,242 3.03%

GBP 0.10

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion rights instrument
period refers to
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
19,850,242 3.03%

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) (19,850,242 - 3.03%= LGAS, LGPL &

Legal & General Investment Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited

Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (Direct) (LGIMHD)
Legal & General Assurance Legal & General Assurance Society Limited

(Pensions Management) Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)

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 655,069,737
14. Contact name: Deborah Abrehart
Group Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7000 5000

This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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RNS Number : 7836I

18 March 2010

ICAP to complete acquisition of TriOptima

London - 18 March 2010. ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world's premier interdealer broker and supplier of post-trade services, announced today that it has received final regulatory approval and will complete the acquisition of the remaining 61.78% of stock in TriOptima on 24 March 2010. The acquisition was announced on 5 February 2010. A total initial payment of approximately SEK 1,074 million is payable in cash, this payment will be financed from ICAP's existing debt facilities. TriOptima will join a number of other companies in ICAPs newly formed Post Trade Risk division.

"ICAP has been developing a post-trade risk and information business to provide innovative services that enable our customers to reduce their costs and risks and increase their efficiency" said Mark Beeston, Director of Business Development for the Post Trade Risk division at ICAP "establishing a formal division of the company will enable us to maximise the potential of these businesses whilst preserving the entrepreneurial cultures of the individual companies."

"Demand for improvements in market infrastructure have continued to provide major opportunities for ICAP and post trade and risk services have become an increasingly important part of our activities over the last few years" said Mark Yallop, ICAP Group COO "in the first half of this financial year 19% of ICAP's profit* came from post-trade and information services and we expect that proportion to continue to grow."

Brian Meese, TriOptima's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "By joining ICAP's Post Trade Risk division TriOptima will be able to more rapidly expand the range of post-trade and risk management services we provide and to broaden our customer base. In today's changing regulatory environment there are exciting new high growth opportunities in risk management allied with technology innovation."

The Post Trade Risk Division is headed by Mark Yallop, ICAP Group COO and reporting to him is an executive team that includes the management of each of the ICAP post trade risk businesses. The post-trade risk businesses will continue to operate independently of ICAPs Voice and Electronic Broking divisions.

ICAP has also appointed Ian Chicken as Director for Market Connectivity, a new role that will place strategic focus on ICAP's various straight through processing activities. Mr Chicken will report to Mark Beeston.

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