(WSM.L) Wellstream Holdings PLC Buy/Sell

RNS Number : 8854B Wellstream Holdings PLC 03 November 2009

Financial Services Authority

TR-1:NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer Wellstream Holdings Plc

of existing 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 Yes

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) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited
(if different from 3.): (PMC)
30 October 2009

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified: 2 November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or From 4% - 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 rights
of of Number rights
Shares Voting of shares
Rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ORD 4,375,765 4,375,765 3,881,925 3,881,925 3.89

GBP 0.01

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ rights that may be % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period acquired if the rights
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 price Expiration date Exercise/ Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights
instrument Conversion period
Nominal Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
3,881,925 3.89

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) (3,881,925 -3.89 % = LGAS, LGPL &

Legal & General Investment Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited

Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (Direct) (LGIMHD) (3,270,986 -3.27 % = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance Legal & General Assurance Society Limited
(Pensions Management) Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

(PMC) (3,270,986 -3.27 % =

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

13. Additional information:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 99,748,460
14. Contact name:
Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:

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