19th May 2005 16:24
Signet Group PLC19 May 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SIGNET GROUP plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest HBOS plc and some of its subsidiaries 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or 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 PLEASE SEE LETTER BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not stated 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security 0.5P ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT STATED 11) Date company informed 19 May 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 52,122,689 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.002% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANNE KEATES 0870 909 0301 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of notification ..19 May 2005.. LETTER FROM HBOS plc Section 198 disclosure by HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of those ofits subsidiaries which hold a material interest in Ordinary 0.5p sharescomprising part of the relevant share capital of Signet Group plc ("theCompany"). Pursuant to Section 198 of the Act, we hereby give the Company notice that wehad an interest (for the purposes of Sections 208 and 209 of the Act) in thefollowing shares comprising part of the relevant share capital (as defined inthe section 198 of the Act) of the Company immediately after such time as ourobligation to make this notification arose :- Number of PercentageRegistered Holder: Fund: Shares Held: HoldingChase Nominees a/c CMIG 1105 2,755,938 0.159% Chase Nominees a/c CMIG 2304 5,181,469 0.299% Chase Nominees a/c CMIG 2314 15,376,979 0.886% Chase Nominees Ltd WP 8,828,338 0.509% HSDL Nominees Limited N/A 60 0.000% Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c HXCM HPFO 86,302 0.005% Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c HXCM HLFO 1,205,425 0.0 69% Nortrust Nominees Ltd HXPEN 92,806 0.005% Nortrust Nominees Ltd HPBA 97,071 0.006% Nortrust Nominees Ltd HLBA 1,201,406 0.069% Nortrust Nominees Ltd HXLFE 1,279,484 0.074% State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GDA 2GDA 1,613,390 0.093% State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GDB 2GDB 1,396,682 0.080% State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GDM 2GDM 4,078,000 0.235% State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GDN 2GDN 6,700,000 0.386% State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GEU 2GEU 466,839 0.027% State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GFE 2GFE 1,762,500 0.102% Aggregate material Holding of HBOS Group 52,122,689 3.002% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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