21st Jan 2005 15:46
Signet Group PLC21 January 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company SIGNET GROUP plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited ("FIL") 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Non beneficial interest 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Nominee/Registered Name Management Company Shares Held BNP Paribas FG 2,764,475Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux FIL 10,643,378JP Morgan Bournemouth FISL 12,120,891Brown Bros Harriman & Co FMRCO 10,639,611J P Morgan Chase Bank FMRCO 47,059,305State Street Bank & Trust Co FMRCO 35,200Bank of New York Brussels FPM 2,749,002Bank of New York Europe Ldn FPM 234,666Bankers Trust London FPM 487,000Citibank London FPM 1,775,114Clydesdale Bank plc FPM 111,500JP Morgan Bournemouth FPM 7,169,600Mellon Bank FPM 953,821Midland Securities Services FPM 243,265Northern Trust London FPM 4,753,792State Street Bank & Trust Co Lndn FPM 1,259,157Grand Total ordinary shares 102,999,777 The following shares are based on the assumed conversion of 178,200 ADRs (10shares per ADR)Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 1,782,000Grand Total ADR 1,782,000 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired - 6) Percentage of issued class - 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 16,660,253 8) Percentage of issued class 0.96% 9) Class of security 0.5p Ordinary shares 10) Date of transaction Not stated 11) Date company informed 21.01.05 12) Total holding following this notification 104,781,777 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.04% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANNE KEATES 0870 909 0301 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Date of notification ..21 January 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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