SAR - EXPRESS DAIRIES PLC Business Editors UK REGULATORY NEWS
July 17 2003 - 8:25AM
UK Regulatory
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( BW)(AMVESCAP-PLC)(AVZ)(EXD) SAR - EXPRESS DAIRIES PLC
Business Editors
UK REGULATORY NEWS
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2003--
FORM SAR 3
Lodge with Company Announcements Office and the Panel. A copy must
also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired.
Date of disclosure 17 JULY 2003
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")
Date of acquisition 16 JULY 2003
Acquisition in ........ EXPRESS DAIRIES PLC ...... (name of company)
(1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares
(eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed
to the shares
themselves, specify
nature of rights
ORDINARY 2P 2,000,000 shares -
- N/A rights -
(2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage
of voting shares (and % of rights over shares
of total voting shares (and % of total voting
in issue) shares in issue)
68,778,271 (23.02%) - 68,778,271 (23.02%)
(3) Party making disclosure................ AMVESCAP PLC .................
(4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares DISCRETIONARY
MANAGED CLIENTS OF AMVESCAP
and, if different, beneficial owner ...............................
(b) Names of any other persons acting by
agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)..............................
Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above........R CLYDE......
(Also print name of signatory)............ROBERT CLYDE........................
Telephone and extension number............ 020 7065 3720......................
Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must
aggregate holdings to disclose certain disposals.
For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and
5 of the SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and
Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.
Email:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk
Short Name: Amvescap PLC
Category Code: SAD
Sequence Number: 00007232
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030717T122129+0100
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CONTACT: Amvescap PLC
KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING HUMAN RESOURCES
SOURCE: Amvescap PLC
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