8th Jun 2005 15:02
Signet Group PLC08 June 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SIGNET GROUP plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest HBOS plc and some of its subsidiaries 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 AS 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 PLEASE SEE LETTER BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT STATED 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security 0.5P ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT STATED 11) Date company informed 8 June 2005 12) Total holding following this notification NOT STATED 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification No longer have a notifiable interest 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANNE KEATES 0870 909 0301 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of notification ..8 June 2005.. LETTER FROM HBOS plc Section 198 disclosure by HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of those ofits subsidiaries which hold a material interest in Ordinary 0.5p sharescomprising part of the relevant share capital of Signet Group plc ("theCompany"). Pursuant to Section 198 of the Act, we hereby give the Company notice that we nolonger have a material interest (for the purposes of Sections 208 and 209 of theAct) in the ordinay 0.5p shares comprising part of the relevant share capital(as defined in the section 198 of the Act) of the Company immediately after suchtime as our obligation to make this notification arose. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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