16th Aug 2006 13:03
Weir Group PLC16 August 2006 THE WEIR GROUP PLC 16 August 2006 The Weir Group PLC (the "Company") received notice on 16 August 2006 that, forthe purposes of Part IV of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), Prudential plcand all of its subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in the issuedshare capital of the Company as detailed below. Their material interest totalledon 14 August 2006 a holding of 6,197,893 ordinary shares in the Company,representing 3.02% of the Company's issued share capital. Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 204,583,341ordinary shares of GBP0.125. Registered Holder Holding MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI 149,405PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 5,389,488PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 68,069PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC 68,968PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC 108,645PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC 413,318 Total 6,197,893 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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