26th Jan 2006 10:46
Topps Tiles PLC26 January 2006 TOPPS TILES PLC (the "Company") NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING The Company received notification on 25 January 2006 from Fidelity InternationalLimited ("FIL") that as at 23 January 2006 FIL and its direct and indirectsubsidiaries had a non-beneficial interest in 8,741,320 ordinary shares of 2.5peach ("Ordinary Shares"), equivalent to 3.85 per cent. of the Company's thenissued share capital. The interest was registered as follows: Nominee/Registered Name Shares Held JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,141,300Northern Trust London 730,200Bank of New York Brussels 610,600Citibank London 571,000State Str BK and TR Co London 211,900Bank of New York Europe Ldn 90,400Mellon Bank 68,600JP Morgan, Bournemouth 794,340Clydesdale Bank Plc 32,300Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 3,916,180State Street Bk and TR Co Lndn 283,400Bank of New York Brussels 109,000Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 182,100 The Company also received notification on 25 January 2006 from FMR Corp ("FMR")that as at 23 January 2006 FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had anon-beneficial interest in 5,800,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 2.56 percent. of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered asfollows: Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 4,050,000State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 1,750,000 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 is14,541,320 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 6.41 per cent. of the Company's thenissued share capital. 26 January 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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