Holding(s) in Company

12 Jan 2007 15:06

Leo Capital Plc12 January 2007 LETTER TO: LEO CAPITAL PLCDATED: 11 January 2007 10p ORDINARY SHARES ("SHARES") We write to advise you that we, Schroder Investment Management Limited, have an interest in 28,921,913 shares which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 22,907,804 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited (Schroder Nominees): (ii) 6,014,109 shares held in unit trusts operated and managed by an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited: A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 6,650,108 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited. An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Limited (S&Co Ltd), is managing on a discretionary basis portfolio holding a further 112,402 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Brown Brothers Harriman. We believe that we, our subsidiary and affiliated companies are therefore interested in an overall aggregate of 35,684,423 shares, representing some 12.458% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 286,429,228. This notification is made to you: (a) in respect of our interest as investment managers; (b) on behalf of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co Ltd, SIMHK Ltd and SUTL in relation to the interests they are treated as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act); and (c) on behalf of Schroders plc., our holding company, which is treated as having an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co, SUTL and ourselves. We shall be grateful if you will kindly confirm the total number of shares currently in issue. 10P ORDINARY SHARES SCHEDULE A REGISTRATION AMOUNT British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c:P 7,310,985Chase Nominees Ltd 1,755,500Mineworkers' Pension Scheme a/c: R 8,208,419Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c: SRC13 77,900Nortrust Nominees Ltd 5,300,000State Street Nominees Ltd 255,000TOTAL 22,907,804 From: Schroder Investment Management Limited This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange