11th Dec 2006 11:39
Smiths News PLC11 December 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY SMITHS NEWS PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS PLC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 SEE LETTER BELOW DATED 05 DECEMBER 2006 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE LETTER BELOW DATED 05 DECEMBER 2006 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 5 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date listed company informed 08 DECEMBER 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 5,991,650 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.28% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries V HEYDON (01793) 563517 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification M H CHARLTON COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification 11 DECEMBER 2006 Letter to Smiths News PlcLetter dated 05 December 2006 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 04-December-06 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 3.28 % Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are enclosed. The issued capital of 182,919,930 is the latest figure available to us. Letter from Geoff Smith Barclays Compliance LEGAL ENTITY REPORT SMITHS NEWS PLC SEDOL: B17WCR6 As at 04 December 2006 Barclays PLC through the legal entities listed below, hada notifiable interest in 5,991,650 ORD GBP0.05 representing 3.28% of the issuedshare capital of 182,919,930 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 20,147 .0110Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 201,808 .1103Gerrard Ltd 22,299 .0122Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 620,349 .3391Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,122,382 2.8003Barclays Private Bank Ltd 4,665 .0026 Group Holding 5,991,650 3.2755 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT SMITHS NEWS PLC SEDOL: B17WCR6 As at 04 December 2006 Barclays PLC through the registered holders listed below,had a notifiable interest in 5,991,650 ORD GBP0.05 representing 3.28 % of theissued share capital of 182,919,930 units. Registered Holder Account Holding Designation Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd 237,508Barclays Trust Co R69 20,147CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 92,540CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,204,239CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 335,040CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 52,178Durlacher Nominees Ltd 382,841JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 46,709JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 102,921JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,322,618JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 167,945R C Greig Nominees Limited 9,505R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 5,498R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 755R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 6,217R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 324ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 4,665 Total 5,991,650 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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