9th Mar 2006 11:55
Helphire Group PLC09 March 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES +---+-----------------------------------+---+--------------------------------------------+|1. |Name of company |2. |Name of shareholder having a major interest || | | | || | | | || | | | || |HELPHIRE GROUP PLC | |AVIVA PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | |+---+-----------------------------------+---+--------------------------------------------+|3. |Please state whether notification |4. |Name of the registered holder(s) and, if || |indicates that it is in respect of | |more than one holder, the number of shares || |holding of the shareholder named in| |held by each of them || |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 | |Morley fund Management Ltd: || |spouse or children under the age of| | || |18 | |BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 900,434 || | | | || | | |Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 2,154,414 || | | | || | | |CHASE NOMINEES LTD. 164,700 || | | | || |BENEFICIAL INTEREST | |CUIM Nominees Limited 791,632 || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | |+---+---------------+--+----------------+---+--------------------+--+--------------------+|5. |Number of |6.|Percentage of |7. |Number of shares/ |8.|Percentage of issued|| |shares/amount | |issued class | |amount of stock | |class || |of stock | | | |disposed | | || |acquired | | | | | | || | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | || |N/A | |N/A | | | | || | | | | |57,000 | | || | | | | | | |0.04 |+---+---------------+--+----------------+---+--------------------+--+--------------------+| |+--+-----------------------------------+-----+------------------+-----+------------------+|9.|Class of security |10. |Date of |11. |Date company || | | |transaction | |informed || | | | | | || | | | | | || |ORDINARY £0.05 | | | | || | | |6 march 2006 | |8 March 2006 || | | | | | |+--++----------------------------------++----++-----------------+-----+------------------+|12.|Total holding following this |13. |Total percentage holding of issued class || |notification | |following this notification || | | | || | | | || | | | || |4,011,180 | |2.95% || | | | || | | | |+---+-----------------------------------+-----+------------------------------------------+| |+---+-----------------------------------+---+--------------------------------------------+|14.|Any additional information |15.|Name of contact and telephone number for || | | |queries || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | |NICK TILLEY || |THE COMPANY WAS INFORMED BY AVIVA | | || |PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES OF A | |01225 321218 || |CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL SHARE | | || |HOLDINGS. | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | || | | | |+---+-----------------------------------+---+--------------------------------------------+|16.|Name and signature of authorised company official || | || |responsible for making this notification || | || | || | || |NICK TILLEY || | || | |+---+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Date of notification 9TH March 2006 |+--++---------------+--+---------------++---+++-----------------++--+-+------------------++--++---------------+--+---------------++---+++-----------------++--+-+------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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