Holding(s) in Company
January 13 2004 - 7:12AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:1569U
Aegis Group PLC
13 January 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
AEGIS GROUP PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
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
SEE BELOW
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
SEE BELOW
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
-
6) Percentage of issued Class
-
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
NOT NOTIFIED
8) Percentage of issued Class
N/A
9) Class of security
ORD 5P SHARES
10) Date of transaction
NOT NOTIFIED
11) Date company informed
13/1/04
12) Total holding following this notification
BELOW 3% DISCLOSABLE LEVEL
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
BELOW 3% DISCLOSABLE LEVEL
14) Any additional information
-
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
JOHN ROSS
0207 070 7720
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ...13/1/04....
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT
1. Company in which shares are held: AEGIS 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 Pension
Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment
companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of
Registered Shareholders and their holdings).
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of
Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
A principal shareholder 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.
7. Insamuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% of greater of the
share capital, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries have no further reporting obligation under Section 198 to
202 of the UK Companies Act. This statement speaks as of its date, and
no inference should be drawn that no change has occurred in the facts set
forth herein after the date hereof.
SCHEDULE A
SECURITY: Aegis Group PLC Amendment No 5
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
215,700 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
261,400 FPM HSBC
383,300 FPM Bank of New York London
1,693,751 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
741,730 FIL BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
10,177,816 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
1,896,100 FIL RBS Trust Bank
279,100 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
2,116,056 FIL Northern Trust
1,466,051 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
2,305,905 FIL Bank of New York London
1,034,100 FIL Morgan Stanley
508,600 FIL Citibank
1,246,261 FIL JP Morgan
720,700 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
1,342,100 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
5,831,060 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
(UK) Limited
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 32,219,730
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 2.90%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 1,112,200,000
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: (10,471,507) ordinary shares
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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