4th Jul 2006 16:32
French Connection Group PLC04 July 2006 FRENCH CONNECTION GROUP PLCHOLDINGS IN COMPANY Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 ("the Act") The Company received notification on the 4th July 2006 of the following changesin interests in the issued ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of theCompany: Disclosure of interest in shares arising under Section 198 of the Act a) Acquisition of an interest in shares Unity Investments ehf ("Unity") of Tungotu 6, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland, has: i) an interest in 1,832,154 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company; and ii) an interest of the type mentioned in section 208(5) of the Act in respect of16,926,254 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company. Unity therefore hasan interest in a total of 18,758,408 ordinary shares in the capital of theCompany. The shares are registered as follows: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 16,926,254 Unknown 1,832,154 b) Disposal of an interest in shares Baugur Group hf ("Baugur") of Tungotu 6, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland no longer has an interest of the type mentioned in Section 208(5) of the Act in respect of13,071,254 ordinary shares in the Company but Baugur will continue to beinterested in shares in the capital of the Company under Section 204 of the Actas set out below. c) Disposal of an interest in shares FL Group hf ("FL Group") of Suourlandsbraut 12, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland nolonger has: i) an interest in 1,832,154 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company; and ii) an interest of the type mentioned in Section 208(5) of the Act in respect of3,855,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, but FL Group willcontinue to be interested in shares in the capital of the Company under Section204 of the Act as set out below. Disclosure of interest in shares arising under Section 204 of the Act Unity, Baugur, FL Group and Kevin Stanford of The Dower House, Roydon Hall Road,East Peckham, Kent, TN12 5NH are parties to an agreement to which sections 204and 205 of the Act apply. Unity has an interest in 18,758,408 ordinary sharesin the capital of the Company and as a result of the agreement, each of Unity,Baugur, FL Group and Kevin Stanford is also interested in the shares so thateach of them is interested in an aggregate of 18,758,408 shares representing19.6% of the issued share capital of the Company. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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