3rd Nov 2006 15:46
Greggs PLC03 November 2006 On 1 November 2006, Greggs plc (the "Company") received the followingnotification: "Dear Sirs, Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details thedisclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosureconstitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solelyfor purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that anyof these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests. These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes.For disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders. Amendment 25 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Greggs plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment managerof various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing ofRegistered Shareholders and their holdings). (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) PO Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, includingFidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), FidelityInvestments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investment Management(Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), FidelityInvestments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investmentmanagers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf ofauthorised unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption fromreporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separatenotifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposesof clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMRCorp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limitedand its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as agroup or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they arerequired to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act,namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercisea right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise ofsuch rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. (Schedule A) NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY JP Morgan Bournemouth FPM 78,634State Street BK and TR Co LNDN FPM 49,274Northern Trust London FPM 42,346HSBC Bank PLC FPM 20,060Bank of New York Brussels FPM 1,700State Street Bank and TR CO FMTC 50,000Brown Brothers Harriman and CO FMRCO 125,000JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 56,605JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 22,890 Total ordinary shares held: 446,509 Change in shareholdings since last filing (108,600)." This represents 3.99% of the issued share capital (based on the total number ofshares in issue being 11,179,187). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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