5th Aug 2005 10:47
Greggs PLC05 August 2005 On the 4 August 2005 Greggs plc ("the Company") received the followingnotification: "Dear Sirs, Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details thedisclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosureconstitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solelyfor the purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate thatany of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to theseinterests. These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes.For disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders. NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Greggs plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 FMR Corp are the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & ResearchCompany (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity ManagementTrust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee orinvestment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A forlisting of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) PO Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Fidelity International Limited (FIL) are the parent holding company for variousdirect and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd.(FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for variousnon-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A forlisting of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr Edward C Johnson 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109 Mr Johnson is a principal shareholder of FMR Corp and Fidelity InternationalLimited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest on behalf of authorisedunit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reportingpursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separatenotifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposesof clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its directand indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or inconcert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required tosubmit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act,namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercisea right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise ofsuch rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. (Schedule A) Nominee/Registered Name Management Co No of sharesBank of New York Brussels FIL 8,900Brown Bros Harriman Ltd LUX FIL 28,499JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 11,100National ASTL BK Melbourne FIL 3,300State STR BK and TR Co LNDN FIL 4,708JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 38,981Brown Brothers Harriman and Co FMRCO 182,000State Street Bank and TR Co FMRCO 500Brown Brothers Harriman and Co FMTC 2,400JP Morgan Chase Bank FMTC 2,200State Street Bank and TR Co FMTC 61,700Bank of New York Brussels FPM 34,154Bankers Trust London FPM 10,600Clydesdale Bank PLC FPM 3,300HSBC Bank PLC FPM 22,900JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 84,516Mellon Bank FPM 29,107Midland Securities Services FPM 5,400Northern Trust London FPM 98,526State Street BK and TR Co LNDN FPM 94,900 Total ordinary shares: 727,691 Change in shareholdings since last filing (116,916)" This represents 5.99% of the issued share capital (based on the total number ofshares in issue being 12,140,679). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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