14th Dec 2005 09:58
Northumbrian Water Group PLC14 December 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of listed company Northumbrian Water Group plc. 2) Name of shareholder with a major interest FMR Corp. 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 trustee or investment manager ofvarious pension and trust accounts. Fidelity International Limited (FIL). Parent holding for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, beingnon-beneficial holders, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL),Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FidelityPension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward CJohnson 3d, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity InternationalLimited. 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 As 2. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Name Shares held Management CompanyNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 1,134,914 FPMJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 974,926 FPMSTATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 232,137 FPMMELLON BANK 146,280 FPMCHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 129,563 FPMJP MORGAN CHASE BANK 66,352 FPMBANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 32,887 FPMCHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 18,310 FPMDEXIA PRIVATBANK 16,370 FPMBROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 982,144 FMTCSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 911,738 FMTCJP MORGAN CHASE BANK 367,051 FMTCBANK OF NEW YORK 340,727 FMTCNORTHERN TRUST CO 286,876 FMTCNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 194,195 FMRCOSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 85,796 FMRCOMELLON BANK N.A. 63,190 FMRCOJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 265,259 FISLBROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 12,438,399 FILJP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 834,934 FILNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 265,112 FILSTATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 247,001 FILBANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 143,916 FILNATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 125,900 FILSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 276,004 FICLSTATE STREET HONG KONG 22,714 FIA(K)L TOTAL 20,602,695 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A. 6) Percentage of issued class N/A. 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed2,462,145. 8) Percentage of issued class Not disclosed. 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 10p. 10) Date of transaction Not disclosed. 11) Date listed company informed 13 December 2005. 12) Total holding following this notification 20,602,695. 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.97%. 14) Any additional information The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unittrust schemes in the U.K, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuantto section 209(1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notificationsof interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarityand efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or inconcert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required tosubmit these notifications on a joint basis. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely wherea person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of suchrights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Martin Parker, Company Secretary, 0191 301 6746. 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification Martin Parker, Company Secretary. Date of notification14 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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