14th Jan 2005 18:40
Wolverhampton& Dudley Breweries PLC14 January 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY BREWERIES, PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED 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 2 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. - 6) Percentage of issued Class - 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed UNDISCLOSED 8) Percentage of issued Class UNDISCLOSED 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction 14.01.05 11) Date company informed 14.01.05 12) Total holding following this notification 3,433,306 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.48% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANNE-MARIE BRENNAN 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....14/01/2005.......... We act as an Investment Manager for a number of commingled funds. In actingfor our Clients, we are given full discretion over the investment, and areempowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as their Custodian,and therefore shares are not held in our name, but in the nominee name oftheir Custodian Bank. Recent purchases/sales of shares in your company by ourselves, on behalf of ourclients, have resulted in our having control over the following shares (alsosee below); SILCHESTER 3,433,306 Our records show that you have the following shares in that class: WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY BREWERIES 76,639,523 For your information only, we exercise control over 4.48% of the shares of that class and, of that, one of our client's controls 2.97%. Company:WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY BREWERIES Share Class:ORDINARY Issued Shares:76,639,523 SII Ownership:3,433,306 % of Shares4.48 SII Account Nominee Silchester Silchester Current % Holding at Voting Authority Share Holding Fund Level Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust Northernc/o Silchester International Investors Inc. Trust Co YES 879,358 1.15 Silchester International Investors TobaccoFree International Value Equity Trust Northern c/o Silchester International Investors, Inc. Trust Co YES 159,709 0.21 Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trust Northern c/o Silchester International Investors, Inc. Trust Co YES 2,273,428 2.97 The callern Trust Northernc/o The Bank of Bermuda Limited Trust Co YES 120,811 0.16 TOTAL 3,433,306 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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