21st Feb 2006 07:00
Huntsworth PLC21 February 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES THE COMPANY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE FOLLOWING NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN THECOMPANY ARISING AS A RESULT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT POWERSEXERCISABLE OVER CLIENT FUNDS. 1. Name of Company HUNTSWORTH PLC 2. Name of Shareholder having a major interest ABERFORTH PARTNERS 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. NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED A/C ABERFRTH 27,214,743 BANK OF IRELAND NOMINEES LIMITED 1,456,700 THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND (CHASE GIS) NOMINEES LIMITED 2,107,399 STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED A/C JD59 2,396,056 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 1,100,000 6. Percentage of issued class 0.57% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 50 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction(s) 17 FEBRUARY 2006 11. Date company informed 20 FEBRUARY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 33,174,898 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 17.12% 14. Any additional information Figures are based of shares in issue of 193,727,724 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries TYMON BROADHEAD COMPANY SECRETARY HUNTSWORTH PLC Tel: 020 7298 6517 16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification. TYMON BROADHEAD COMPANY SECRETARY HUNTSWORTH PLC 17. Date of notification 21 FEBRUARY 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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