24th Jan 2007 10:40
UMECO PLC24 January 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY UMECO PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST AXA S.A. 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 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT DISCLOSED 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY 25p SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED 11) Date listed company informed 23/1/2007 12) Total holding following this notification BENEFICIAL 3,612,147 NON-BENEFICIAL 4,064,034 TOTAL 7,676,181 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) BENEFICIAL - 7.59% NON-BENEFICIAL - 8.54% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries STEVEN BOWERS 01926 331800 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 24 JANUARY 2007 Name of Company/Fund Beneficial owners Number of shares AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Trustees of AXA UK 159,051 Smaller Companies Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Smaller Companies Fund AXA Rosenberg AXA Rosenberg 699,189 AXA Rosenberg AXA Rosenberg 113,000(beneficial) AXA Rosenberg AXA Rosenberg 91,000(beneficial) Sun Life Unit Assurance Limited - 8,512 (beneficial) Sun Life Pensions Management - 39,635 (beneficial) AXA Framlington Xerox Final Salary - 342,000 Pension Scheme AXA Framlington Islington Group - 209,000 Pension Scheme AXA Framlington SEI UK Equity - 400,000 AXA Framlington Skandia Global Best - 575,000 Ideas AXA Framlington Throgmorton Trust - 2,100,000(beneficial) AXA Framlington - 1,250,000Framlington Innovative Growth(beneficial) AXA Framlington - 10,000 Framlington AIM VCT2 (beneficial) AXA Framlington UK Smaller - 1,310,000 Companies AXA Framlington BAE Systems - 216,309Pensions Fund CIF Trustees AXA Framlington BAE Systems 2000 - 94,785 Pensions Fund LX0901 - 41,033 LX0902 - 17,667 7,676,181 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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