5th Dec 2005 16:00
Signet Group PLC05 December 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SIGNET GROUP plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Sprucegrove Investment Management Limited 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 PLEASE SEE LETTER BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not stated 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security 0.5P ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT STATED 11) Date company informed 2 December 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 53,930,237 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.1% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Mark jenkins 0870 909 0301 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of notification ..5 December 2005.. LETTER FROM SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED This is to advise you, under Section 198 of the Companies Act of 1985, thatfunds managed by Sprucegrove Investment Management Limited currently have a 3.1%interest in your company's outstanding shares. The registered holders of theshares are identified as follows: Number ofRegistered Holder: Shares Held: Chase Nominees Ltd 7,197,667 MSS Nominees Ltd 10,308,760 Nortrust Nominees Ltd 6,958,009 RBSTB Nominees Ltd 14,529,860 The Bank of New York Nominees Ltd 7,450,331 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of NP8E 5,839,650 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of 00ND 360,350 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of AA1X 197,340 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of JF2M 651,220 State Street Nominees Limited for the account of 05NU 437,050 53,930,237 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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