24th Mar 2006 15:00
Laird Group PLC24 March 2006 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 UBS AG 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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. SEE CORRESPONDENCE 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 24.3.06 12) Total holding following this notification 1,226,802 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) 3.26% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DOMINIC J. L. HUDSON020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....24 MARCH 2006.................... Letter to: The Laird Group PLC 23rd March 2006 Section 198 Companies Act 1985- Laird Group PLC (Nil Paid Shares) Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 we write to inform you that asat the close of its business on 22nd March 2006, UBS AG, acting through its business group and legal entities detailed below, had an interest in 1,226,802 Ordinary shares of The Laird Group PLC (ISIN-GB00BOZBS703), representing 3.26 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company (37,602,512). None of the Relevant Shares are shares in which UBS AG is interested by virtueof Section 208(5) of The Act. UBS business group/legal entity Breakdown of position held% UBS Global Asset Management (Life) Ltd 65,172 shares 0.17% UBS AG London Branch 1,161,630 shares 3.09% UBS AG - Total 1,226,802 shares 3.26% If you require any further information concerning this notification, pleasecontact Nimisha Sachdev in the EMEA Compliance Department of UBS AG LondonBranch on Tel: +44 20 7568 9289. Letter from: Emma Gregory-Smith Angela HuffDirector Associate DirectorCompliance Compliance This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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