Holding(s) in Company
September 02 2003 - 12:09PM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:3105P
Northumbrian Water Group PLC
02 September 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 large
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
61,550,000 - Vidacos Nominees Limited*
8,956,000 - HSBC Nominees Limited
3,330,000 - Bank of New York Nominees Limited
3,395,000 - Chase Nominees Limited
1,225,000 - Northern Trust Nominees Limited
2,000 - CM Investment Nominees Limited
* This holding includes the following: Invesco Perpetual High Income
Fund holds 35,700,000 (6.88%)
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
1,290,000
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
1st September 2003
11. Date company informed
2nd September 2003
12. Total holding following this notification
78,458,000
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
15.13%
14. Any additional information
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Martin Parker 0191 301 6746
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification.
Martin Parker, Company Secretary
Date of notification: 2nd September 2003
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