14th Jan 2005 09:41
Greggs PLC14 January 2005 On the 12 January 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 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, 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 Company No. of Shares Bank of New York Brussels FIL 6,400 Brown Bros Harriman Ltd LUX FIL 95,253 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 9,700 National ASTL BK Melbourne FIL 3,200 State STR BK and TR Co LNDN FIL 8,608 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 43,147 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co FMRCO 182,000 State Street Bank and TR Co FMRCO 700 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co FMTC 2,200 JP Morgan Chase Bank FMTC 2,200 State Street Bank and TR Co FMTC 61,700 Bank of New York Brussels FPM 86,550 Bankers Trust London FPM 13,600 Citibank London FPM 12,650 Clydesdale Bank PLC FPM 6,400 HSBC Bank PLC FPM 33,200 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 128,900 Mellon Bank FPM 38,300 Midland Securities Services FPM 6,800 Northern Trust London FPM 145,144 State Street BK and TR Co LNDN FPM 67,641 Total ordinary shares: 954,293 Change in shareholdings since last filing (30,162)" This represents 7.859% of the issued share capital (based on the total number ofshares in issue being 12,141,579). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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