Applied Nutrition PLC Regulatory News (APN)

17 Jan 2007 15:51

For immediate release 17 January 2007 Appian Technology plc ("Appian Technology" or "the Company") Notifiable Interest

The following is the text of a notification, which the Company received on 16 January 2007:

"NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held: Appian Technology Plc

2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares

(A) FMR Corp.82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109

Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), Investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See list below for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

B. Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

P.O. Box HM 670Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA[K]L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

3. The Notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109

A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit

trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting

pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries of Mr. Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely when a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

Nominee/Registered name Management Shares held Percentage held Company Mellon Bank N.A FMRCO 4,869,178 3.30 Brown Bros Harrimn LT LUX FIL 3,750,000 2.54ENQUIRIES:Appian Technology plc David Hearn Tel:01628 554 750 John East & Partners Limited Simon Clements Tel: 020 7628 2200