17th Nov 2005 12:10
Laird Group PLC17 November 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS 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 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 15.11.05 12) Total holding following this notification 9,429,368 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) 5.91% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DOMINIC HUDSON 020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 15 NOVEMBER 2005 To Laird Group Plc dated 11 November 2005 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI---------------------------------------- I hereby inform you that as at 10 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 5.91%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are below. The issued capital of 159,667,259 is the latest figure available to us. Letter from Barclays Corporate Secretariat LEGAL ENTITY REPORT LAIRD GROUP SEDOL: 0500522 As at 10 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 9,429,368 ORD GBP0.25 representing 5.91% of theissued share capital of 159,667,259 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held------------ ------- --------------- Barclays Global Investors N.A. 71,425 .0447 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 32,171 .0201Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 512,569 .3210Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,015,000 .6357Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 310,352 .1944Barclays Global Investors Ltd 7,463,115 4.6742Gerrard Ltd 24,736 .0155 --------- ------ Group Holding 9,429,368 5.9056 --------- ------ REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT LAIRD GROUP SEDOL: 0500522 As at 10 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listedbelow, had a notifiable interest in 9,429,368 ORD GBP0.25 representing 5.91%of the issued share capital of 159,667,259 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding----------------- ------------------- ------- BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 508,142BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 15,000BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -10,573BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 65,318 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 85,550CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,371,502CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 110,152 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 63,637CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 30,288Clydesdale Nominees CAZ0112 01002819 101,300Clydesdale Nominees CAZ0212 01002819 913,700INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,906INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 10,646INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,435INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 42,438JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 16331 47,687 JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 16341 162,851JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 16341 80,018JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 16344 13,146JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 16345 12,725JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,707,741JP MORGAN(BGI CUSTODY) 18409 122,852 JPMorgan Chase Bank 32,171R C Greig Nominees Limited 20,909R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 2,447R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 1,380 --------- Total 9,429,368 --------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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