13th May 2005 10:08
Northumbrian Water Group PLC13 May 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. 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 trustee or investment manager ofvarious pension and trust accounts. Fidelity International Limited (FIL). Parent holding for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, beingnon-beneficial holders, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL),Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L). Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FidelityPension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward CJohnson 3d, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity InternationalLimited. 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As 2 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Name Shares held Management CompanyBank of New York Brussels 97,000 FILBrown Bros Harriman Lux 13,217,396 FILJP Morgan, Bournemouth 380,200 FILNational Australia Bank Melbourne 115,100 FILNorthern Trust London 60,031 FILState Street Bank and Trust Co Ldn 127,100 FILJP Morgan, Bournemouth 508,273 FISLBrown Bros Harriman 95,500 FMTCJP Morgan Chase Bank 86,900 FMTCState Street Bank and Trst Co 63,600 FMTCBank of New York Brussels 28,400 FPMJP Morgan, Bournemouth 987,144 FPMMellon Bank 105,000 FPMNorthern Trust London 390,866 FPM Total 16,262,510 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquiredn/a 6) Percentage of issued classn/a 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposedn/a 8) Percentage of issued classn/a 9) Class of securityOrdinary shares of 10p 10) Date of transactionNot disclosed 11) Date company informed12.05.05 12) Total holding following this notification16,262,510 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification3.14% 14) Any additional information The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unittrust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuantto section 209(1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notificationsof interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarityand efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd act as a group or inconcert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required tosubmit these notifications on a joint basis.The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely wherea person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of suchrights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Jayne Powell, 0191 3016704 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Jayne Powell, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification 13 May 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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