21st Sep 2006 17:00
Hargreaves Services PLC21 September 2006 HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC (the "Company") 21 September 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES The Company received notification today of the following major interest inshares. 1. Name of Company:Hargreaves Services plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest:Artemis Investment Management Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Persons in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them: Artemis UK Smaller Companies 1,302,000Artemis UK Growth 1,548,336Institutional UK Growth 280,000 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:Not disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class:Not disclosed 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:Not disclosed 8. Percentage of issued class:Not disclosed 9. Class of security:Ordinary shares of 10p each 10. Date of transaction:Not disclosed 11. Date company informed:21 September 2006 12. Total holding following this notification:3,130,336 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:13.22% 14. Any additional information:Not disclosed 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries:Steve MacQuarrie on 0191 373 4485 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification:Steve MacQuarrie, Company Secretary Date of notification:21 September 2006 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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