23rd Feb 2007 11:54
AVEVA Group PLC23 February 2007 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: AVEVA Group plc 2. Reason for the notification: An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( X )(see 'Additional Information' Section below) Other (please specify): ( ) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): UK NOMINEE STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 103,933JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 23,871BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 75,600BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 1,560,835BANK FO NEW YORK BRUSSELS 98,700 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): Revised due to DTR rules 6. Date on which issuer notified: 22nd February 2007 7. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if Situation previous to the Triggering transactionpossible using the ISINCODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights GB00B15CMQ74 1,862,939 1,862,939 Class/type of shares Resulting situation after the triggering transactionif possible using theISIN CODE Number of Number of voting % of voting shares rights rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect GB00B15CMQ74 0 0 1,862,939 0 2.77% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument Period/ exercised/converted rights Date N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total Number of voting rights (A+B) % of voting rights 1,862,939 2.77% 8. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: UK NOMINEE STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN 103,933JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 23,871BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 75,600BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 1,560,835BANK FO NEW YORK BRUSSELS 98,700 Proxy Voting: 9. Name of the proxy holder:N/A 10. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:N/A 11. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:N/A 12. Additional information: As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU TransparencyDirective, we aggregated the interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and FidelityInternational Limited (FIL) together for the purposes of shareholder reporting.According to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMRand FIL separately. For this issuer, FMR Corp has no holdings. Please notethese holdings are correct as of close of business 20 February 2007. 13. Contact name: Sue Fincham 14. Contact telephone number: 01223 556695 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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