Holding(s) in Company
September 22 2003 - 7:21AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:0122Q
Axon Group PLC
22 September 2003
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
AXON GROUP PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES & ITS GROUP
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
-
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
LITTLEDOWN NOMINEES LTD (SEE BELOW)
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
NOT DISCLOSED
6) Percentage of issued Class
-
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
-
8) Percentage of issued Class
-
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
11) Date company informed
19/09/2003
12) Total holding following this notification
6,834,900
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
13.1%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
MATT DAVISON
01784-480882
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 22/9/2003
Axon Group PLC
Registered Ordinary 1p Shares
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 490,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 855,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 741,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 560,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 1,900
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 1,700,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 2,340,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 147,000
TOTAL 6,834,900
Notes
Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust
Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd; and J.P.
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC. It is
also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.
ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.
This notification is made on behalf of:
Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;
Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd, Eagle Star Unit Managers Ltd and Eagle
Star Holdings Limited;
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd, Threadneedle
Investment Services Ltd, Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC and Threadneedle
Asset Management Holdings Ltd;
Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.
The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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