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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): | Â | no |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Aviva plc & its subsidiaries |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Registered Holder:  BNY (Nominees) Limited 7,698*  BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 126,207*  Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 764,542*  Chase Nominees Limited 20,309*  Vidacos Nominees Limited 7,690*  *denotes direct interest  Chase Nominees Limited 23,293  Vidacos Nominees Limited 10,533 |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 06 February 2013 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 07 February 2013 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 10% to |
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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 | |||
4,680,684 | 4,680,684 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage ofvoting rights | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
960,272 | 926,446 | 33,826 | 2.14% | 0.08% |
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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  | |
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
960,272 | 2.22% |
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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 | 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 | |
14. Contact name: Â | Mary Nettleship, Company Secretary |
15. Contact telephone number: Â | 020 7307 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 685988 |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) | |
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
Full name | Michael Dunhill |
Contact address | |
Phone number & email | 01603 685988 |
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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