REG-BG Group Holding(s) in Company
Released: 23/10/2009

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RNS Number : 3139B  
  
BG GROUP plc  
  
23 October 2009  
  
Financial Services Authority  
  
 
  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                               BG Group 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 theacquisition 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 (Group)                             
  notification obligation:                                                                                                  
                                                              Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)          
  4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if differentfrom 3.):      Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 
                                                                                                                            
                                                              Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)                               
                                                              21 October 2009                                               
  5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                                                    
  which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                         
  reached:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
  6. Date on which issuer notified:                           22 October 2009                                               
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                      Above 5% (Group)                                              
  reached:                                                                                                                  
                                                              Above 5% (LGIM)                                               
  
  
 
  8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                                                               
  Class/type of        Situation previous      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                       
  shares               to the triggering                                                                                                                                                                  
  if possible using    transaction                                                                                                                                                                        
  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                  168,057,938             168,057,938                170,581,795            147,725,814                             22,855,981    4.383                         0.678          
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  GBP 0.10                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                               
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           Number of voting                                                         
  Type of financial                                    Expiration         Exercise/ Conversion Period                      rights that may be                                % of voting            
  instrument                                           date                                                                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                                                                        
                                                                                                 5.06                                                                                               
  170,581,795                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
  
 
  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) (170,581,795 - 5.06% = Total     
  Position)                                                                                
                                                                                           
  Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)   
  (170,581,795 - 5.06% = Total Position)                                                   
                                                                                           
  Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (170,581,795 - 5.06% =   
  Total Position)                                                                          
                                                                                           
  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (147,725,814 - 4.38 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)       
  Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (124,313,273  
  - 3.68% = PMC)                                                                           
  Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)                               
  Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (124,313,273 - 3.68 % =    
  PMC)                                                                                     
  Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (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 cease          N/A                         
  to hold:                                                                                 
  12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold            N/A                         
  voting rights:                                                                           
                                                                                           
  13. Additional information:     Notification using the total voting rights figure of     
                                  3,370,101,249                                            
                                                                                           
  14. Contact name:               Helen Lewis (LGIM)                                       
  15. Contact telephone number:   020 3124 3851                                            
  
  
 
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