Mountview Est. Regulatory News (MTVW)

20 Mar 2006 18:27

Mountview Estates PLC20 March 2006 FORM SAR 3 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel.A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired. Date of disclosure20/3/06 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNINGSUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of acquisition17/2/06 Acquisition in (name of company)Mountview Estates PLC 1. Class of voting shares (eg ordinary shares)ordinary Number of shares/rights over shares acquired 18,000 Ordinary Shares If rights over shares acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specifynature of rights N/A 2. Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting shares inissue) 16.05% Resultant total holding of rights over shares (and % of total voting shares inissue) N/A Total percentage 16.05% 3. Party making disclosureMountview Estates PLC 4. (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over sharesMargaret Murphy and, if different, beneficial owner N/A (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5) Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above (Also print name of signatory)D.M SINCLAIR Telephone and extension number020 8920 5787 Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting byagreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of oracquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregateholdings to disclose certain disposals. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection. Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.Email:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange