20th Apr 2007 16:07
Hanson PLC20 April 2007 Hanson PLC April 20, 2007 Holding in Company In accordance with the new FSA Disclosure and Transparency Rules TransitionalProvisions relating to voting rights in shares, Hanson has received thefollowing notifications of interests in shares: 1. Notification from Aviva PLC that, as at January 24, 2007, AvivaPLC and its subsidiaries, through various registered holdings, had a direct andnotifiable interest in 21,746,791 shares representing 3.05% of the total votingrights of the Company. 2. Notification from Legal & General Investment Management that, asat February 21, 2007, Legal & General Group Plc, Legal & General InvestmentManagement Limited and Legal & General Group Plc had a notifiable interest in43,996,836 shares, representing 6.17% of the total voting rights of the Company. Of the notifiable interest, 39,736,581 shares were a direct interest and4,260,255 shares were indirect. 3. Notification from M&G investments Limited that, as at March 9,2007, Prudential plc group of companies, through various registered holdings,had a direct and notifiable interest in 24,841,723 shares, representing 3.48% ofthe total voting rights of the Company. 4. Notification from Threadneedle Asset Management HoldingsInvestments that, as at January 22, 2007, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and itsgroup, through various registered holdings, had a notifiable interest in56,713,973 shares representing 7.962% of the total voting rights of the Company. Of the notifiable interest, 1,838,581 shares were a direct interest and54,875,392 were indirect. 5. Notification from Citigroup that, as at March 23, 2007, StandardLife Investments Limited, through Vidacos Nominees, had a notifiable interest in35,737,843 shares, representing 5.017% of the total voting rights of theCompany. Of the notifiable interest, 23,571,493 shares were a direct interest. The shares referred to above are ordinary shares of 10p each in Hanson and thetotal number of shares in issue carrying the right to vote, as at April 20,2007, is 713,792,735. Yours faithfully Paul Tunnacliffe Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Aviva