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TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Morgan Sindall Group plc |
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2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | yes | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | no | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
Other (please specify): |
| no |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Â Aviva plc & its subsidiaries | Â | |||||
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |  Registered Holder:  BNY (Nominees) Limited 53,011* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 658,475* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Ltd 3,680,925* Chase Nominees Limited 132,244* Vidacos Nominees Limited 41,913*  *denotes direct interest  Chase Nominees Limited  103,583 Vidacos Nominees Limited 10,533  |  | |||||
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 06 January 2012 | Â | |||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 09 January 2012 | Â | |||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 12% to 10% Change at Combined Interest Level | Â | |||||
 |  8: Notified Details | ||||||
 | A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||
 | Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB0008085614 | |||||
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 | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||||
 | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||||
 | 5,545,900 | 5,545,900 | |||||
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 | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
 | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||||
 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
 |  4,680,684 |  4,566,568 |  114,116 |  10.57%  | 0.26% | ||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired(if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights  | |
     | Nominal | Delta | ||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||
4,680,684 | 10.83% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
 The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:  Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·; Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·; Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·; Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) |
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Proxy Voting: Â | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: Â | Â See Section 4 |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Â | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: Â |
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13. Additional information: Â | Â Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 43,215,305 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 28 April 2011. Â |
14. Contact name: Â | Mary Nettleship, Company Secretary |
15. Contact telephone number: Â | 0207 307 9200 |
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Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares | |
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation | |
Full name (including legal form for legal entities) | Aviva plc & its subsidiaries |
Contact address (registered office for legal entities) | |
Phone number & email | 01603 684420 |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | |
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
Full name | Neil Whittaker |
Contact address | |
Phone number & email | 01603 684420 |
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) |
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C: Additional information |
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