FLOMERICS
GROUP PLC
29
AUGUST 2003
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202
COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED)
Flomerics
Group Plc (“Flomerics” or “the Company”) received notification by a letter
dated 28 August 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
1,464,658 ordinary shares in Flomerics (representing 10.00% 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 FMR Corp. and 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
|
Shares held
|
Management Company
|
Nominee/Registered Name
|
|
449,658
|
FMRCO
|
Mellon Bank
|
|
865,000
|
FIL
|
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX
|
|
150,000
|
FIL
|
HSBC
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