21st Jul 2005 15:52
Laing(John) PLC21 July 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company JOHN LAING PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest SCHRODERS PLC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES 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 ON BEHALF OF DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them SCHRODER NOMINEES LIMITED 1,212,692 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 16,846,635 NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED 878,431 UNIBANK TORVEGADE 25,000 BANK OF NEW YORK 603,964 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 1,990,033 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 2,742,359 6) Percentage of issued class 1.176 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY 25P 10) Date of transaction NOT KNOWN 11) Date company informed 21 JULY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 21,556,755 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.247 14) Any additional information THE ABOVE HOLDING INCLUDES INTERESTS HELD BY SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN 18,756,755 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY AND AN AFFILIATED COMPANY SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LTD THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN 2,800,000 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ROGER MILLER 020 7901 3455 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification - ROGER MILLER Date of notification: 21 JULY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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