24th May 2005 16:04
Laird Group PLC24 May 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INVESTMENTS 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 A 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 BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 24.5.04 12) Total holding following this notification 6,575,111 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 4.14% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DOMINIC HUDSON 020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...24TH MAY 2005........ Amendment 1 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Laird Group Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. BOX HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L, Fidelity investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM)and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers 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 Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required 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 exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: Laird Group Plc Amendment No 1 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME 5,302,643 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total 72,100 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 35,300 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total 24,800 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 514,568 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 17,800 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total 16,500 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total 12,100 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total 26,900 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 7,200 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total 7,100 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total 390,500 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 121,900 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 25,700 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total 6,575,111 Grand Total Ordinary Shares CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 4.14% SHARES IN ISSUE: 158,790,759 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING: +1,830,800 ordinary shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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