18th Nov 2005 16:50
Laird Group PLC18 November 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 F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC 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 BELOW CORRESPONDENCE 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 18.11.05 12) Total holding following this notification 16,063,119 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) 9.95% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DOMINIC J.L. HUDSON 020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...18 NOVEMBER 2005...... Letter to Laird plc Notification of Interest In accordance with the provisions of Sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985,we give notice that, as a result of sale totalling 80,000 ordinary shares of 25peach in the relevant share capital of your company ("Shares") on 17th November2005 the following fund management companies in the Friends Provident group areinterested in the Shares referred to below through client holdings: F&C Asset Management plc is interested in the following shares: No. of Shares %16,063,119 9.95 In addition, F&C Asset Management plc, as the holding company of the company(s)referred to in the paragraph(s) above is also interested in those Shares.Furthermore, Friends Provident Life Office, as the holding company of F&C AssetManagement plc is also interested in the Shares referred to above. This notification supersedes all previous notifications given by members of the Friends Provident group in relation to Shares. We apologise for the late notification. Letter from F&C Asset Management plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Laird