8th Feb 2005 14:20
RAC PLC08 February 2005 RAC plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 8 February 2005, RAC plc received notification from Schroder InvestmentManagement Limited ("SIML"), under the obligations imposed by Sections 198 to202 of the Companies Act 1985 that, together with affiliated companies Schroder& Co. Limited ("S&Co Ltd") and Schroder Unit Trusts Limited ("SUTL") andsubsidiary company Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd ("SIMNALtd"), it had a notifiable interest in 26,262,531 Ordinary 25p shares of RAC plc(registered, or to be registered in the names set out in the Schedule below)representing 22.105% of the issued share capital of RAC plc. Schroders plc, the holding company of SIML, S&Co Ltd, SUTL and SIMNA Ltd, isdeemed to have an interest in all of these shares, which are held in portfoliosmanaged on a discretionary basis for clients under investment managementagreements. Schedule "S&Co Ltd" Bank of New York 2,420 Brown Brothers Harriman 178,690 Chase Nominees Limited 38,583 219,693 "SIMNA Ltd" Chase Nominees Limited 1,084,000 "SIML" British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c: P 492,640 Chase Nominees Limited 1,334,800 Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 03886 198,500 Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34136 172,603 Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34137 171,543 Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34138 620,303 Chase Nominees Limited a/c: 34140 555,842 HSBC Bank International a/c: 10096301 124,500 HSBC Global Custody Nom (UK) Ltd a/c: 809955 90,914 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 440,400 Mineworkers' Pension Scheme 543,451 Morgan Nominees Limited a/c: CCC 196,714 Morgan Nominees Limited a/c GRL-Crest ID:AG01 93,959 Morgan Nominees Ltd 473,100 Morgan Nominees Ltd: A a/c 17,347 Morgan Nominees Ltd: B a/c 410,909 MSS Nominees Limited a/c: 756593 158,265 Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,916,877 Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13 29,904 Nutraco Nominees Ltd 37,500 Nutraco Nominees Ltd a/c: GWPPMPS 116,200 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 241,200 RBSTB Nominees Ltd a/c: LAUR 8,978 State Street Nominees Limited 264,500 State Street Nominees Limited a/c: 5H57 314,200 Unibank Torvegade 7,000 10,032,149 Schroder Nominees Limited 9,740,950 "SUTL" Chase Nominees Limited 5,185,739 26,262,531 (At the date of this announcement the total issued share capital of RAC plc is118,806,571 Ordinary 25p shares.) 8 February 2005 website: www.racplc.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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