Marstons Regulatory News (MARS)

27 Oct 2006 11:37

Wolverhampton& Dudley Breweries PLC27 October 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE WOLVERHAMPTON DUDLEY BREWERIES, PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS UK LTD 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 AS PER ATTACHED SCHEDULE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE ATTACHED 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT STATED 6) Percentage of issued Class NOT STATED 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY 29.5P SHARES 10) Date of transaction N/K 11) Date company informed 26.10.06 12) Total holding following this notification 7,536,672 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.05% 14) Any additional information THE TOTAL HOLDING IS REPRESENTED BY A BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF 0.23% AND A NONBENEFICIAL INTEREST OF 9.82% 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MARK CLELAND 01902 329543 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification RALPH FINDLAYCHIEF EXEC Date of Notification ................... 26.10.2006 ..... DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY ORD Total number of shares held as at 23/10/06 was 7,711,984 the breakdown of whichis set out below: Name of the Number of Particulars Registered asCompany / Fund Shares Beneficial owners AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 8,000 Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) LtdEthical Fund Investment Co ICVC Mariner House(Non - Beneficial) Ethical fund Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845042 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 55,000 Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) LtdUK Growth Fund Investment Co ICVC Mariner House(Non - Beneficial) UK Growth Fund Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845005 Sun Life Pensions Management 8,612 Sun Life Pensions Smith & Williamson Nominees LtdLtd Management Ltd 1 Riding House Street(Beneficial) London W1A 3AS a/c S66 Sun Life Pensions Management 1,500 Sun Life Pensions BNY (OCS) Nominees LtdLtd Management Ltd ONE CANADA SQUARE(beneficial) LONDON E14 5AL AXA Financial, Inc 6,394,926 Bernstein(Non - Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 948,896 AXA Rosenberg(Non - Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 94,400 AXA Rosenberg(Beneficial) AXA Rosenberg 70,800 AXA Rosenberg(Beneficial) Framlington HSBC 129,850 HSBC Global Custody HSBC Global Custody Nominee Nominee (UK) Limited (UK) Limited Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA Total Beneficial Interest 175,312 0.23 Total Non-Beneficial Interest 7,536,672 9.82 Total 7,711,984 10.05% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange