21st Jun 2005 14:35
Topps Tiles PLC21 June 2005 TOPPS TILES PLC NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING Topps Tiles plc (the "Company") received notification on 21 June 2005 fromFidelity International Limited ("FIL") that FIL and its direct and indirectsubsidiaries have a non-beneficial interest in 4,618,640 ordinary shares of 2.5peach ("Ordinary Shares"), equivalent to 2.04 per cent. of the Company's thenissued share capital. The interest is registered as follows: Brown Bros Harriman and Co 166,300Bank of New York Brussels 63,400Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 3,179,100State Str BK and TR Co Lndn 82,900JP Morgan, Bournemouth 411,440Bank of New York Brussels 26,300Citibank London 397,900Mellon Bank 69,100Northern Trust London 222,200 The Company also received notification on 21 June 2005 from FMR Corp ("FMR")that FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries have a non-beneficial interestin 4,450,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 1.97 per cent. of the Company's thenissued share capital. The interest is registered as follows: Brown Bros Harriman and Co 3,350,000State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,100,000 The notifications by FIL and FMR Corp also comprise a notifiable interest of MrEdward C Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of both FIL and FMR Corp. The aggregate shareholding of FIL and FMR following this notification is 4.01per cent. of the Company's then issued share capital. This represents a netchange in aggregate shareholdings of 2,044,700 Ordinary Shares since FIL's andFMR's last notification which was announced by the Company on 16 February 2005. 21 June 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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