Holding(s) in Company

9 Dec 2005 18:02

Hargreaves Services PLC09 December 2005 HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC (the "Company")9 DECEMBER 2005NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES The Company received notification on 8 December 2005 of the following majorinterest in shares. 1. Name of Company:Hargreaves Services plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest:Hansa Trust PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof 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 18Persons in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them: Hansa Trust PLC 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:867,884 6. Percentage of issued class:3.67% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:N/a 8. Percentage of issued class:N/a 9. Class of security:Ordinary shares of 10p each 10. Date of transaction:1 December 2005 11. Date company informed:8 December 2005 12. Total holding following this notification:867,884 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:3.67% 14. Any additional information:N/a 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries:Steve MacQuarrie on 0191 373 4485 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification:Peter Dillon, Finance Director Date of notification:09/12/05 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange