13th Apr 2006 16:14
Laird Group PLC13 April 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS 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 BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 13.4.06 12) Total holding following this notification 19,336,531 made up of 10,930,552 in material holdings and 8,405,979 in non-material holdings. 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9.79% (made up of 5.54% in material holdings and 4.26% in non-material holdings) 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries A Marion Downie 020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification A Marion Downie ASSISTANT SECRETARY Date of Notification ................. 13 April 2006 Letter to: Laird Group PLCDated 13 April 2006 With regards to the disclosure of Laird Group dated 10th April 2006, I canconfirm that Standard Life Investments holding in sedol B0ZBS70 was zero, pleasebe advised that this was the Rights issue Line. The most current holding of Laird Group Ord GBP0.25 (sedol 0500522) held byStandard Life Investments dated 13/4/06 is: 19,336,531 shares (9.79% of issued share capital). This includes material and non-material holdings. This is made up of:10,930,552 shares in Material Holdings (5.54% of issued share capital)8,405,979 shares in non-material holdings (4.26% of issued share capital). From: Citigroup This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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