10th Mar 2005 17:21
RAC PLC10 March 2005 RAC plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 10 March 2005, RAC plc received notification from Schroder InvestmentManagement Limited ("SIML"), under the obligations imposed by Sections 198 to202 of the Companies Act 1985 that, together with affiliated companies Schroder& Co. Limited ("S&Co Ltd") and Schroder Unit Trusts Limited ("SUTL") andsubsidiary company Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd ("SIMNALtd"), it had a notifiable interest in 27,402,560 Ordinary 25p shares of RAC plc(registered, or to be registered in the names set out in the Schedule below)representing 23.06% of the issued share capital of RAC plc. Schroders plc, the holding company of SIML, S&Co Ltd, SUTL and SIMNA Ltd, isdeemed to have an interest in all of these shares, which are held in portfoliosmanaged on a discretionary basis for clients under investment managementagreements. Schedule "S&Co Ltd" Bank of New York 2,420Brown Brothers Harriman 156,098Chase Nominees Limited 38,583 197,101 "SIMNA Ltd"Chase Nominees Limited 1,084,000 "SIML"Banque Nationale de Paris 8,807Chase Nominees Limited 1,342,992Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 198,500Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34136 172,603Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34137 171,543Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34138 867,962Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34140 563,418HSBC Bank International a/c: 10096301 124,500HSBC Global Custody Nom (UK) Ltd a/c: 809955 111,750HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd: a/c: 771401 16,835Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 440,400Mineworkers' Pension Scheme 543,451Morgan Nominees Limited a/c: CCC 196,714Morgan Nominees Limited a/c GRL-Crest ID:AG01 164,253Morgan Nominees Ltd 482,400Morgan Nominees Ltd: A a/c 17,347Morgan Nominees Ltd: B a/c 410,909MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 158,265Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,986,816Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13 36,851Nutraco Nominees Ltd 42,049Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c: GWPPMPS 116,200RBSTB Nominees Ltd 241,200RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: LAUR 9,350State Street Nominees Limited 264,500State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57 314,200Unibank Torvegade 7,000 10,010,815Schroder Nominees Limited 10,254,703 "SUTL"Chase Nominees Limited 5,855,941 27,402,560 (At the date of this announcement the total issued share capital of RAC plc is118,807,243 Ordinary 25p shares.) 10 March 2005 website: www.racplc.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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