RNS Number:3146N
FLOMERICS GROUP PLC
8 JULY 2003
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS
198 TO 202 COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED)
Flomerics Group Plc (“Flomerics”
or “the Company”) received notification yesterday by a letter dated 7 July
2003 that FMR Corp. (“FMR”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and
Fidelity International Limited (“FIL”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
both being non-beneficial holders, have an interest in 1,333,565 ordinary
shares in Flomerics (representing 9.1% per cent. of the Company’s issued
share capital of 14,646,580) as follows:
(A) FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Parent holding
company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment
manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered
Shareholders and their holdings).
(B) Fidelity International
Limited (FIL)
P.O. Box HM 670
Hamilton HMCX,
Bermuda
Parent holding
company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity
Investment Services Ltd (FISL). (See Schedule A for listing of Registered
Shareholders and their holdings.)
The notifiable interests also
comprise the notifiable interest of:
Mr Edward C Johnson
3rd
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
A principal shareholder of Fidelity International
Limited.
The notifiable interests include
interest held on behalf of authorised unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding
the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies
Act 1985.
These notifications of disclosable
interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and
are combined solely for the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should
be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications
on a joint basis.
The disclosable interests
arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being
the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the
holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under
section 203 of the Act respectively.
SCHEDULE A
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Shares held
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Management Company
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Nominee/Registered Name
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368,565
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FMRCO
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Mellon Bank
|
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865,000
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FIL
|
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ltd. LUX
|
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100,000
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FIL
|
HSBC
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