1st Aug 2006 16:13
Davis Service Group PLC01 August 2006 Davis Service Group Plc INTEREST NOTIFIED UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 Davis Service Group Plc (Davis) received notification to the following effect on1 August 2006 from Silchester International Investors Limited. Silchester International Investors Limited ("Silchester") acts as an InvestmentManager for a number of commingled funds (its "Clients"). In acting for itsclients, Silchester is given full discretion over their investments, and isempowered to vote on their behalf. However, Silchester does not act as theirCustodian, and therefore shares are not held in the name of Silchester, but inthe nominee name of its Clients' Custodian Bank. As at close of business on 28 July 2006, Silchester, on behalf of its clients,has an interest in the following shares (see table below): SILCHESTER 28,058,153 Silchester's records show that Davis has the following shares in that class: DAVIS SERVICE GROUP Plc 169,831,651 As such, Silchester is interested in 16.52% of the shares of that class. One ofSilchester's clients controls 10.62% of the shares of that class and anotherclient controls 4.49%. SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED CLIENT OWNERSHIP Silchester Account Nominee % of Class Shareholding Voting authority-------------------- --------- ---------- -------------- --------------- Silchester Int'l Northern 4.49 7,631,933 YesInvestors Trust CoInternational Value Equity Group Trust Silchester Int'l Northern 0.72 1,220,642 YesInvestors Tobacco Free Trust CoInternational Value Equity Trust Silchester Int'l Northern 10.62 18,030,498 YesInvestors Trust CoInternational Value Equity Trust The Calleva Trust Northern 0.69 1,175,080 Yes Trust Co TOTAL 28,058,153 This replaces the earlier announcement dated 16 May 2006 when Silchesterpreviously disclosed its holding jointly with shares controlled by SandersonAsset Management Limited ("Sanderson") for the purposes of Section 198 of theCompanies Act 1985. These disclosures were required because, prior to 28 July2006, Silchester was deemed to have an 'inter est' in shares that Sandersoncontrols by virtue of Section 203(2)(b) of the Companies Act 1985 due toSilchester's control of more than one-third of the voting capital of Sanderson.On 28 July 2006, Sanderson amended its Articles to limit Silchester's votingrights in Sanderson to 19.9%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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