Morgan Sindall Group Regulatory News (MGNS)

6 Mar 2007 13:45

Morgan Sindall PLC06 March 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: An acquisition or disposal of voting rights3 Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 4 Full name of shareholders(s): Registered holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 573,338* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 1,439,987* Chase Nominees Limited 117,491* CUIM Nominee Limited 480,461* * denotes direct interest BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 148,187 Chase Nominees Limited 54,544 CUIM Nominee Limited 36,539 Vidacos Nominees Limited 697,878 DLI Sustainable Futures Fund 19,019 5 Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 2 March 2007 6 Date on which issuer notified: 6 March 2007 7 Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 5% to 6% change at direct interest level reached: 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 GB0008085614 3,078,426 3,078,426 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 GB0008085614 2,611,277 2,611,277 956,167 6.14% 2.25% B: Financial instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rightsinstrument date that may be acquired if the Period/Date instrument is exercised/ convertedN/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 3,567,444 8.39% 9 Chain of controlled undertakings through See section 4 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, 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) Aviva plc and its subsidiaries Contact address (registered office for legalentities) Phone number 01603 684420 Other useful information (at least legal Neil Whittakerrepresentative for legal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable Full name Global Reporting Unit, Aviva Plc Contact address Phone number Other useful information (eg functionalrelationship 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