1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Morgan Sindall Group plc
2: Reason for notification (yes/no)
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
No
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:
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 6.049% comprised of:
Standard Life Investments Limited - 6.049%
Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.000%
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Vidacos Nominees \ HSBC
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):
11 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
14 September 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
6%
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Exerciseprice
Expirationdate
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
% of voting rights
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
2,679,262
6.049
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
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:
14. Contact name:
Clare Sheridan, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7307 9200
Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
Standard Life Investments Limited
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
[email protected]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Michael Polkowski
Contact address
8 Chałubińskiego Street
00-613 Warsaw, Poland
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information