29th Mar 2005 08:20
Laing(John) PLC29 March 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company JOHN LAING PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest SCHRODERS PLC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 ON BEHALF OF DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them SCHRODER NOMINEES LIMITED 886,677 CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 14,746,789 BRITISH COAL SUPERANNUATION FUND A/C P 1,000,000 NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED 700,000 MINEWORKERS' PENSION SCHEME A/C R 1,491,915 UNIBANK TORVEGADE 25,000 BANK OF NEW YORK 481,284 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 650,000 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 1,556,007 8) Percentage of issued class 0.851 9)Class of security ORDINARY 25P 10)Date of transaction NOT KNOWN 11)Date company informed 24 MARCH 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 19,981,665 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.923 14) Any additional information THE ABOVE HOLDING INCLUDES INTERESTS HELD BY SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENTLIMITED THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN 16,991,865 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY AND ANAFFILIATED COMPANY SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA LTD THAT HAS ANINTEREST IN 2,989,800 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ROGER MILLER 020 7901 3455 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification - ROGER MILLER Date of notification: 29 MARCH 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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