QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Mar 2, 2012) -
Financial Services Authority
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are Allied Gold Mining
attached: Plc
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
notification obligation: Plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General
(if different from 3.): Assurance Society
Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 29 February 2012
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 01 March 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: L&G (From 4% to 6%)
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the trig
gering
shares to the triggering transaction
transaction
if possible Number Number Number of voting %
of voting
using of of rights
rights
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting Number
Rights of shares Direct Indirect
Direct Indirect
4.06%
ORD GBP 0.10 13,858,591 13,858,591 6.78%
(As on 20/09/2011)
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
rights that may be
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the
% of voting
instrument date Conversion Period instrument is
rights
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
rights
13,858,591 6.78%
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) ( 17,932,662 -8.77%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( 17,932,662
-8.77%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
(Indirect) (LGIM) ( 17,932,662 -8.77%= Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 13,858,591 - 6.78%=LGAS,
LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Holdings Limited (Direct)
(LGIH) ( 8,110,411 -3.96%= LGAS&
LGPL)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance
Management) Limited (PMC) Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
( 8,110,411 -3.96%= LGAS &
LGPL)
Legal & General Pensions
Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will N/A
cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A
hold
voting rights:
Notification using the
13. Additional information: total voting rights
figure of 204,318,414
14. Contact name: Paul Toon (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3854
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