11th May 2005 10:43
Wetherspoon (JD) PLC11 May 2005 JD Wetherspoon plc ('the Company') Notification of Interest in Shares Under Section 198 Companies Act 1985 JD Wetherspoon plc was today notified by Hermes Administration Services Ltd.that, as at 9 May 2005, The Trustees of BT Pension Scheme / BriTel Fund TrusteesLimited hold a material interest in the following ordinary shares of theCompany: BriTel Fund Nominees Ltd. 394,411 shares 0.216%Chase Nominees Ltd. 10,963,833 shares 6.010% Total Shares 11,358,244 shares 6.226% Less Amount of Shares on Loan 400,797 shares 0.220% Total Holding 10,957,447 shares 6.006% JD Wetherspoon plc was further notified that Hermes Focus Asset Management, asgeneral partners of various partnerships controls the following: Chase Nominees Ltd. 9,249,335 shares 5.153% Hermes Focus Asset Management and Hermes SLP Limited are both subsidiaries ofHermes Pensions Management Limited which is ultimately owned by Britel FundTrustees Limited, a company controlled by the trustees of the BT Pension Scheme. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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