19th Oct 2005 17:23
Hardys & Hansons PLC19 October 2005 Hardys & Hansons P.L.C ("the Company") 19 October 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Hardys & Hansons p.l.c 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Legal & General Group plc 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is inrespect of holding 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. Not disclosed. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than oneholder, the number of shares held by each of them. HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 914945 6,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 775245 58,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 357206 396,975HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 747381 38,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 866203 32,400HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 969995 45,647HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd 360509 27,300Total 604,322 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. Not disclosed. 6. Percentage of issued class Not disclosed. 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued classN/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 5 pence each 10. Date of transaction 17 October 2005 11. Date company informed 18 October 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 604,322 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following thisnotification. 3.02% 14. Any additional information. N/A This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Legal & General