20th Dec 2005 16:45
Laird Group PLC20 December 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE LAIRD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD 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 A 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED (BELOW) 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. - 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 9) Class of security ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 12.12.05 12) Total holding following this notification 5,814,911 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.64% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MARION DOWNIE 020 7468 4040 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 20TH DECEMBER 2005 LETTER TO LAIRD GROUP PLC DATED 20 DECEMBER 2005 Enclosed are notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K. CompaniesAct 1985. Please note that while this information details the disclosableinterests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure constitutesseparate notifications of interest which have been combined solely forpurposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate thatany of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to theseinterests. These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the CompaniesAct. The interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investmentpurposes. For disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FidelityInternational Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, beingnon-beneficial holders. If you have any questions please contact James Foster on email [email protected] or via Fax on 01737 837 450. LETTER FROM FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL Amendment 4 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Laird Group Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. BOX HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L, Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM)and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. By Rani JanduRegulatory Reporting Manager, FIL - Investment ComplianceDuly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated August 25, 2004 by Eric D. Roiterby and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, andFidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: Laird Group Plc Amendment No 4 Current ownership percentage: 3.64% Total Shares Held 5,814,911 Shares In Issue: 159,708,259 Change in holdings since last filing: (1,829,978) ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 356,100 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 21,200 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 110,168 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 5,302,643 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 24,800 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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