10th Apr 2006 10:54
Abacus Group PLC10 April 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY ABACUS GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST AVIVA PLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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. MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LTD: BNY NORWICH UNION NOMINEES LTD 430,691* CHASE GA GROUP NOMINEES LTD 1,787,934* CHASE NOMINEES LTD 178,000* CUIM NOMINEE LTD 446,181* * DENOTES BENEFICIAL INTEREST 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 174,729 6) Percentage of issued Class 0.25% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class N/A 9) Class of security ORD GBP 0.05 10) Date of transaction 3 APRIL 2006 11) Date listed company informed 4 APRIL 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 2,842,806* * BENEFICIAL INTEREST ONLY 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.11% 14) Any additional information FIGURES ARE BASED ON SHARES IN ISSUE OF 69,217,257 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ........................ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Aviva