SEA - 4th December 2009 b

Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

Carillion Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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

notification obligation: iii

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):iv

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

03.12.09

6. Date on which issuer notified:

04.12.09

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

15% - 14%

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

72,692,876

59,631,431

72,582,188

N/A

59,520,743

N/A

14.999%

GB0007365546

 

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

 

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

         

Nominal

Data

   
 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

59,520,743

14.999%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder Investment Management Limited 59,170,743 14.911%

Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 350,000 0.088%

 

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:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.

14. Contact name:

Taryn O’ Donoughue

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

Notes to editors

Carillion is one of the UK’s leading support services, Public Private Partnership project and construction companies. The Group has annual revenue of around £5 billion, employs some 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.

In the UK, Carillion’s principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.

In the Middle East, Carillion’s principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group’s main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion has a substantial portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

In the inaugural Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards in May 2008, Carillion secured first place in the category for large and medium-sized companies with high environmental impact and second place overall.

This and other Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com

For further information contact

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc 01902 316426

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