1st Feb 2005 12:25
Laird Group PLC1 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS 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 BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 1.2.05 12) Total holding following this notification 20,501,668 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.98% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries A. MARION DOWNIE 020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ... 1 FEBRUARY 2005 ...... Letter to Laird Group PLCDated 31 January 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 28 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the below schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 12.98%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are enclosed. The issued capital of 157,927,259 is the latest figure available to us. Letter from Barclays Group Corporate Secretariat LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL LAIRD GROUP SEDOL:0500522 As at 28 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 20,501,668 ORD GBP0.25 representing 12.98 % of the issued share capital of 157,927,259 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 3,370,176 2.1340Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 37,861 .0240Gerrard Ltd 8,007 .0051Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,015,000 .6427Barclays Global Investors Ltd 8,890,424 5.6294Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 215,673 .1366Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,347,515 3.3861Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 990,621 .6273Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 472,146 .2990 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 154,245 .0977 Group Holding 20,501,668 12.9819 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT LAIRD GROUP SEDOL:0500522 As at 28 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,501,668 ORD GBP0.25 representing 12.98% of the issued share capital of 157,927,259 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 100,093BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 5,545BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 525,149BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 67,646BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 501,481BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 577,466BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 42,599BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 31,879BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 37,861BNP PARIBAS 87,316BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 48,282BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 96,826BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 65,784BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 12,900CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 85,550CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 24,643CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 18,285CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 34,334CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 239,264CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 186,329CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,809,380CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 224,739 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 67,314CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 11,103CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 16,581CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 14,084CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 55,610CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 115,789CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 102,619CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 63,637CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 203,356CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 18,161CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 31,036CITIBANK 6010613363 218,834CITIBANK 6010640794 39,914CITIBANK 6010782807 38,142Clydesdale Nominees CAZ0112 01002819 101,300Clydesdale Nominees CAZ0212 01002819 913,700DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 102,471HSBC 813168 142,534HSBC 814537 10,679HSBC 845315 8,711INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 596,662INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,439INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 162,610INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,802,779INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 42,705INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 103,721INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,446JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 56,890JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 92,863JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 172,891 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT LAIRD GROUP SEDOL:0500522 As at 28 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,501,668 ORD GBP0.25 representing 12.98% of the issued share capital of 157,927,259 units. Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingJP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 55,826JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 93,676JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,692,766JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 40,052JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 23,877JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 82,751JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 15,930JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 77,989JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 20,247JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 57,117JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 105,527JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 493,979JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 112,455JPM FRANKFURT 27717 67,224JPMorgan Chase Bank 32,171JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,132JPMorgan Chase Bank 43,642JPMorgan Chase Bank 47,300JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 215,673KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 13,702 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 448,818MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 16,713Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 95,214MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 118,210MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 285,815NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 11,122 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT LAIRD GROUP SEDOL:0500522 As at 28 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,501,668 ORD GBP0.25 representing 12.98% of the issued share capital of 157,927,259 units. Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingNORTHERN TRUST CVS21 163,951NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 50,546NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 46,610NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 6,311NORTHERN TRUST USF06 31,526NORTHERN TRUST USF12 288,806NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 109,746NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 153,954NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 31,338R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 5,817R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 2,940STATE STREET 2RJ2 21,826STATE STREET JD12 76,503STATE STREET N3B6 44,226STATE STREET N3YZ 4,458 Group Holding 20,501,668 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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