19th Mar 2008 15:09
Meggitt PLC19 March 2008 Meggitt PLC ("the Company") FIL Limited - Notification of Major Interests in Shares Reason for notification: An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: FIL Limited Date of the transaction: 13 March 2008 Date on which issuer notified: 17 March 2008 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% Voting rights attached to shares: Class/type of shares - GB0005758098 Situation previous to the triggering transaction: Number of shares - 33,208,208 Number of voting rights - 33,208,208 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction: Number of shares, direct - 0 Number of voting rights, direct - 0 Number of voting rights, indirect - 31,637,253 Percentage of voting rights, direct - 0 Percentage of voting rights, indirect - 4.8% Total voting rights: Number of voting rights - 31,637,253 Percentage of voting rights - 4.8% Chain of controlled undertakings through whichvoting rights are effectively held: See below Shares held Nominee Management company 844,787 Bank of New York Brussels FPM 4,394,593 Bank of New York Europe LDN FII 175,400 BNP Paribas, Paris FIL 99,900 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) FIL 5,552,342 Brown Bros, Harrimn Ltd Lux FIL 650,600 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co FIJ 652,100 CDC Finance FIGEST 40,750 Chase Manhttn BK AG Frnkfrt (s FPM 53,500 HSBC Trinkaus und Burkh AG FIL 6,902,631 JP Morgan Bournemouth FIL 6,444,478 JP Morgan Bournemouth FISL 2,130,767 JP Morgan Bournemouth FPM 300,043 Morgan Stanley, London FIL 44,100 Norddeutsche Landersbank FIL 412,000 Northern Trust London FIL 2,532,262 Northern Trust London FPM 112,800 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (s FIL 294,200 State Street Hong Kong FIA(K)L 31,637,253 Name of the proxy holder: FIL Limited (FIL) Number of voting rights proxy holder willacquire to hold: 1,570,955 Date on which proxy holder will acquire to holdvoting rights: 13 March 2008 Additional information: Contact name of legal entity subject to thenotification obligation: Fabio Correia [email protected] Name of contact and telephone number for queries: MARINA THOMAS +44 (0)1202 597588Assistant Company SecretaryMeggitt PLC19 March 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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