29th Jan 2007 13:00
UMECO PLC29 January 2007 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY UMECO PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY 25p SHARES 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 26/1/2007 12) Total holding following this notification 4,319,692 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9.08% 14) Any additional information SEE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries STEVEN BOWERS 01926 331800 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 29 JANUARY 2007 Box 4 Registered holder Number of shares Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c 1,792,488 ABERFRTH Aberforth UK Smaller Companies Fund Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c 1,796,111 ABERFRTH Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c 424,838Trust plc ABERFRTH The Church Commissioners for England The Church Commissioners for 306,255 England (Chase GIS) Nominees Limited 4,319,692 Box 14 The previous notification in respect of Aberforth Partners LLP was made on 19 December 2006 and disclosed a holding of 4,991,502 shares, representing 10.49% of shares in issue. The disclosure made by Aberforth Partners LLP to which this notification relateshas been triggered by the implementation of the Transparency Directive. We understand that Aberforth Partners have additional holdings in Umeco shares for which they do not have voting rights, and that the exclusion of these holdings (in accordance with the requirements of the FSA's Transparency Rules Sourcebook) is responsible for the change in their notifiable holding. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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