7th Mar 2006 15:34
Northern Investors Co PLC07 March 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY NORTHERN INVESTORS COMPANY PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST RIO TINTO PENSION INVESTMENTS LIMITED 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. HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED 810313 A/C 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 400,000 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 2.03% 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P 10) Date of transaction 6 MARCH 2006 11) Date company informed 7 MARCH 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 323,044 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 1.64% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CHRISTOPHER MELLOR 0191 244 6012 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....7 MARCH 2006................. Letter to Northern Investors Company Plc COMPANIES ACT 1985SECTION 198 - INTEREST IN SHARES We wish to inform you that as a result of a sale of 400,000 ordinary shares on 6 March 2006, Rio Tinto Pension Investments Limited, the pension subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc, no longer has a notifiable interest in the shares of your company. This notification is given on behalf of Rio Tinto Pension Investments Limited and Rio Tinto plc. Both companies are incorporated in England. For and on behalf of Rio Tinto plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto