Morgan Sindall Group Regulatory News (MGNS)

6 Aug 2007 15:22

Morgan Sindall PLC06 August 2007 TR1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1 Identity of the issuer or the underlying Morgan Sindall plc issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2 Reason for the notification: Acquisition of voting rights 3 Full name of person(s) subject to the JPMorgan Chase & Co notification obligation: 4 Full name of shareholders(s): JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited 5 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 2 August 2007 6 Date on which issuer notified: 6 August 2007 7 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%8 Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares Situation previous to the triggering transactionIf possible using theISIN code Number of shares Number of voting rights Below 5% Below 5% GB0008085614 Class/type of shares Resulting situation after the triggering transactionIf possible using theISIN code Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 2,242,702 2,242,702 5.26% GB0008085614B: Financial instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights that % of voting rightsinstrument date Period/Date may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted N/ATotal (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 2,242,702 5.26% 9 Chain of controlled undertakings through Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Chase & Co: which the voting rights and/or the financial 2,242,702 (5.26%) instruments are effectively held, if JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 2,242,702 (5.26%) applicable: Proxy Voting: 10 Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11 Number of voting rights proxy holder will N/A cease to hold: 12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A voting rights: 13 Additional information: Please note the group has other holdings which are covered by exemptions 14 Contact for further information: I M Nettleship, Company Secretary 15 Contact telephone number: 020 7307 9218 Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities) Tracey Young Contact address (registered office for legal entities) JPMorgan Chase 125 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5AJ Phone number 020 7325 4513 Other useful information (at least legalrepresentative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Tracey Young Contact address JPMorgan Chase 125 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5AJ Phone number 020 7325 4513 Other useful information (eg functional relationshipwith the person or legal entity subject to thenotification obligation) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange