Holding(s) in Company
15 December 2003 - 10:33PM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:2516T
Merant PLC
15 December 2003
Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1 Name of company:
MERANT plc
2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Schroder 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:
Schroder Investment Management Limited have an interest in 19,846,605 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by them on a discretionary basis for
clients under investment management agreements.
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc, an affiliate company is
managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 2,239,200 shares.
4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
9,933,714 Chase Nominees Ltd for Schroder Unit Trusts Ltd.
1,100,000 Chase Nominees Limited
4,439,710 Mineworkers Pension Scheme A/C R
3,901,350 British Coal Superannuation Scheme A/C P
471,831 Chase Manhattan Bank
2,239,200 Chase Nominees for Schroder Investment Management North America
Inc.
5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
322,914
6 Percentage of issued class:
0.31%
7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
8 Percentage of issued class:
9 Class of security:
Ordinary 2p
10 Date of transaction:
11th December 2003
11 Date company informed:
12th December 2003
12 Total holding following this notification:
22,085,805
13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
20.97%
14 Contact name for queries:
Tejaswini Salvi
15 Contact telephone number:
01727 813230
16 Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Tejaswini Salvi
17 Date of notification:
15th December 2003
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