REG-Collins Stewart PLC: Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: Collins Stewart 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 Plc
notification obligation: (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) Legal & General Assurance
(if different from 3.): (Pensions Management)
Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 03 November 2009
reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified: 04 November 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: From 5% - 6% (L&G)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/ Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
type of to the triggering
shares transaction

Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
if of of rights
possible Shares Voting Number
using Rights of shares
the ISIN
CODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect

ORD

14,357,024 14,357,024 14,906,582 14,906,582 6.00

GBP 0.25

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of voting
rights that may be
Type of Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting
financial date Conversion Period instrument is rights
instrument 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 period instrument
refers to

Nominal Delta
Eg CFD

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights

14,906,582 6.00

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) (18,532,909 -
7.46% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)
(Direct and Indirect) (18,532,909 - 7.46% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
(18,532,909 - 7.46% = Total Position)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (14,906,582 - 6.00 % = LGAS, LGPL &
PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited Legal & General
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (8,960,534 - 3.61% = PMC) Insurance Holdings
Limited (Direct)
(LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited Legal & General
(PMC) (8,960,534 - 3.61% = PMC) 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:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of
13. Additional information: 248,112,117

14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851