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RNS Announcement

RNS Number : 9192E

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

21 July 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES ⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Y
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		N
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		N
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		N
Other (please specify):		N

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	LINDSELL TRAIN LIMITED (discretionary clients)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv	The BNY (OCS) Nominees State Street Nominees NT Nominees BNP Paribas MLPF&S NYKredit
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	19^th July 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21^st July 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	5.00%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights ^x
			Direct	Direct ^xi	Indirect ^xii	Direct	Indirect
London Stock Exchange Group plc GB00B0SWJX34 Aggregate holdings from discretionary clients accounts	Below 5%	Below 5%	17,507,698	17,507,698	-	5.00%	-

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date ^xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period ^xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta
					N/A	N/A

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

N/A

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

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