Holding(s) in Company
05 July 2003 - 12:21AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:1920N
Northumbrian Water Group PLC
04 July 2003
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Northumbrian Water Group plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Amvescap plc
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.
Non-beneficial interest. Subsidiary companies of Amvescap have a larger number of portfolio management clients
for whom they act as investment manager and investment advisor and by virtue of Section 203 of the Companies Act
1985 Amvescap is deemed to have the same interest in the shares.
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
59,092,500 - Vidacos Nominees Limited*
8,095,000 - HSBC Nominees Limited
3,210,000 - Bank of New York Nominees Limited
1,707,500 - Chase Nominees Limited
1,100,000 - Northern Trust Nominees Limited
2,000 - CM Investment Nominees Limited
* This holding includes the following: Invesco Perpetual High Income Fund holds 35,700,700 (6.88%)
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
1,050,000
6. Percentage of issued class
0.2%
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Class of security
Ordinary 10p Shares
10. Date of transaction
17th June 2003
11. Date company informed
20th June 2003
12. Total holding following this notification
73,207,000
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
14.11%
14. Any additional information
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Chris Green, 0191 301 6461
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.
Chris Green, Finance Director
Date of notification: 4th July 2003
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