ARG.L Regulatory News (ARG)

5 Sep 2006 12:23

ArmorGroup International plc05 September 2006 Armorgroup International Plc Armorgroup International plc received on 5 September 2006 the following notification under sections 198 to 202 of the UK Companies Act. Amendment 6 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Armorgroup International Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, 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 Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. BOX HM 670 Hamilton 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 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized 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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or 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 where 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. Schedule A Amendment 6 Security: ARMORGROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC Current ownership percentage: 8.73% Total Shares Held: 4,635,557 Shares in issue: 53,074,757 Change in holdings since last filing: (398,349) ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 981,344 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 497,600 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 150,000 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 2,458,313 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 548,300 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange