DiscoverIE Regulatory News (DSCV)

7 Sep 2006 14:44

Acal PLC07 September 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY ACAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT KNOWN 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p 10) Date of transaction NOT SPECIFIED 11) Date listed company informed 7 SEPTEMBER 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 3,150,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 11.92% 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MR N ROWE COMPANY SECRETARY 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification NICHOLAS ROWE SECRETARY Date of Notification 7 SEPTEMBER 2006 Letter to: Acal PlcDated: 7 September 2006 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN ORDINARY SHARES OF 5p We hereby give notice for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 thattoday we have become aware that Aberforth Partners LLP has a notifiable interestin 3,150,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each which, based on the information available to us, represents 11.92% of the issued share capital of the above company. This interest arises as a result of the discretionary investment management powers that we can exercise over the funds of our clients. Aberforth Partners LLP is not the beneficial owner of these shares. The shares to which this notification relates are, or will be, registered asfollows: - Registered Holder Number of Shares Nortrust Nominees Limited A/C ABERFRTH 2,612,600Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 131,200The Church Commissioners for England (Chase GIS)Nominees Limited 190,600State Street Nominees Limited A/C JD59 215,600 3,150,000 From: Aberforth Partners LLP This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange