13th Jun 2006 09:39
Signet Group PLC13 June 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SIGNET GROUP plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Sprucegrove Investment Management Limited 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or 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 PLEASE SEE LETTER BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not stated 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security 0.5P ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT STATED 11) Date company informed 12 June 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 72,452,187 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.17% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Mark jenkins 0870 909 0301 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of notification ..13 June 2006.. LETTER FROM SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED This is to advise you, under Section 198 of the Companies Act of 1985, thatfunds managed by Sprucegrove Investment Management Limited currently have a4.17% interest in your company's 1,735,750,000 outstanding shares. Theregistered holders of the shares are identified as follows: Number ofRegistered Holder: Shares Held: Chase Nominees Ltd 8,926,067 MSS Nominees Ltd 13,103,810 Nortrust Nominees Ltd 8,379,589 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 21,739,930 The Bank of New York Nominees Ltd 12,279,431 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of NP8E 2,416,040 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of NP8Z 3,375,400 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of 00ND 470,180 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of AA1X 232,890 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of JF2M 861,740 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of 05NU 667,110 72,452,187 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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