14th Oct 2005 12:36
Topps Tiles PLC14 October 2005 TOPPS TILES PLC NOTIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING Topps Tiles plc (the "Company") received notification on 14 October 2005 fromFidelity International Limited ("FIL") that as at 13 October 2005 FIL and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries had a non-beneficial interest in 12,882,114ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("Ordinary Shares"), equivalent to 5.69 per cent.of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered asfollows: Brown Bros Harriman and Co 182,100Bank of New York Brussels 109,000Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 4,044,100State Str BK and TR Co Lndn 206,100JP Morgan, Bournemouth 4,578,614Bank of New York Brussels 568,100Bank of New York Europe Ldn 74,400Citibank London 571,000Clydesdale bank plc 32,300JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,141,300Mellon Bank 68,600Northern Trust London 1,306,500 The Company also received notification on 14 October 2005 from FMR Corp ("FMR")that as at 13 October 2005 FMR and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had anon-beneficial interest in 5,325,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 2.36 percent. of the Company's then issued share capital. The interest was registered asfollows: Brown Bros Harriman and Co 3,975,000State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,350,000 The notifications by FIL and FMR Corp also comprise a notifiable interest of MrEdward C Johnson 3rd, a principal shareholder of both FIL and FMR Corp. The aggregate shareholding of FIL and FMR following this notification is18,207,114 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 8.05 per cent. of the Company's thenissued share capital. 14 October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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