Holding(s) in Company

Marston's PLC
01 March 2007


TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):


MARSTON'S PLC

 

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): (   )
 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X )
 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  (   )


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )

                                                                           
Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )


.................

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):


AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):


.................

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different) (v):


27/02/2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:


28/02/2007

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


12%

 

8. Notified details:


.................

 


A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
if possible using the           the Triggering         
ISIN CODE                       transaction (vi)       
                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 
                                              (viii)                  
                                                                      
B1JQDM8                36,011,320             36,011,320
                                                                      

 

                     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
if possible using                      (ix)                                           
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                     Direct            Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
B1JQDM8              3,921,636         3,921,636  33,251,984      1.30      11.06
                                                                                      

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

 

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 

37,173,620                    12.37%
                                        
                                        

 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):


Please note that this notification includes a disclosure on behalf of the
following Investment Trust Companies which has/have a notifiable interest as
outlined in the attached appendix. The interest of each Trust is listed below -

Framlington Income & Capital: - 0.158% Holding

Name of the Company / Fund                    Number of Shares     % of issued share capital

AXA Sun Life plc                                  725,000                   0.24119
(fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc)
     Direct     

AXA Rosenberg                                     377,600                   0.12562
     Direct

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC                          50,000                   0.01663
Ethical Fund
     Indirect

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC                          50,000                   0.01663
UK Growth Fund
     Indirect               

PPP Healthcare Group plc                           20,060                   0.00667
     Indirect     

AXA Rosenberg                                     283,200                   0.09421
     Direct

AXA Insurance UK                                  189,740                   0.06312
     Direct               

AXA Financial, Inc                             28,502,788                   9.48203
     Indirect     

AXA Colonia Konzern                                 5,000                   0.00166
     Indirect     

AXA Rosenberg                                   4,580,936                   1.52394
     Indirect

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                    6,000                   0.00200
     Direct     

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                   10,848                   0.00361
     Direct     

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                        60,176                   0.02002
LTAV UK Equity
     Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                       161,600                   0.05376
ABL High Alpha
     Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                        57,588                   0.01916
FTSE All Share Tracker
     Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management                      270,468                   0.08098
LTAV UK Equity
     Direct          

Sun Life Pensions Management                      778,800                   0.25908
ABL High Alpha
     Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management                      256,088                   0.08519
FTSE All Share Trackor
     Direct     

AXA Framlington                                   476,200                   0.15842
Framlington Income & Capital
     Direct     

Framlington onshore private clients                43,200                   0.01437
     Indirect     

AXA Winterthur                                    268,328                   0.08926
     Direct


Total Direct                                    3,921,636                   1.30461
Total Indirect                                 33,251,984                  11.06195     

TOTAL                                          37,173,620                  12.36656     


 


Proxy Voting:

 
10. Name of the proxy holder:


.................

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


.................

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


.................

 

13. Additional information:


.................

 

14. Contact name:


.................

 

15. Contact telephone number:


.................

 

 

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (XVI)

 

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

 

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

AXA S.A. and its group of companies

 

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris 

 

Phone number:

.................

 

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

.................

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

 

Full name:

Terry Marsh

 

Contact address:

7 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7NX, UK

 

Phone number:

020 7003 2637

 

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):

AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn 
indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.

 

C: Additional information :

.................

 

 


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