Morgan Sindall Group Regulatory News (MGNS)

9 Feb 2007 14:46

Morgan Sindall PLC09 February 2007 TR1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1 Identity of the issuer or the Morgan Sindall plc underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2 Reason for the notification: Restatement of historic interest in compliance with the FSA's new Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR") DTR 5 3 Full name of person(s) subject to Aviva plc & its subsidiaries the notification obligation: 4 Full name of shareholders(s): Registered holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 485,332* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 1,113,160* Chase Nominees Limited 98,154* CUIM Nominee Limited 387,335* Kadoorie McAuley International Limited 48,900* * denotes direct interest BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 148,187 Chase Nominees Limited 43,922 CUIM Nominee Limited 36,539 Vidacos Nominee Limited 697,878 DLI Sustainable Futures Fund 19,019 5 Date of the transaction and date on N/A which the threshold is crossed or reached: 6 Date on which issuer notified: 8 February 2007 7 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or N/A reached: 8 Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to the triggering transactionshares If possibleusing the ISIN code Number of shares Number of voting rights N/A N/A N/A Class/type of Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares If possibleusing the ISIN code Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights Direct Indirect Direct IndirectOrdinary GB0008085614 3,078,426 2,132,881 945,545 5.02% 2.22% B: Financial instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument date rights that may be Period/Date acquired if the instrument is exercised/convertedN/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 3,078,426 7.24% 9 Chain of controlled undertakings See section 4 through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Proxy Voting: 10 Name of the proxy holder: 11 Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12 Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13 Additional information: 14 Contact for further information: Mary Nettleship 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 Aviva plc &its subsidiariesentities) Contact address (registered office for legal Aviva plcentities) PO Box 89 Surrey Street Norwich NR1 3DR Phone number Other useful information (at least legalrepresentative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Mary Nettleship Contact address Morgan Sindall plc 77 Newman Street London W1T 3EW Phone number 020 7307 9218 Other useful information (eg functional Company Secretaryrelationship with the person or legal entitysubject to the notification obligation) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange