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Synchronica PLC09 October 2006 9 October 2006 Synchronica plc Holding in Company NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Synchronica plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares of 1p each A. FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment managerof various pension and trust accounts. B. Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity InvestmentsManagement (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and theirholdings.) 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity InternationalLimited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf ofauthorised unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption fromreporting pursuant 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 and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate thatFidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr.Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosedinterests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a jointbasis. 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 Security: Synchronica plc Shares Held Management Company Nominee/Registered Name 1,706,000 FIL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 22,600 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd A/c LUX Total Ordinary Shares: 1,728,600 Current ownership percentage: 4.75% Date Company notified: 6 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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