Holding by Royal Bank of Scotland
Costain Group PLC
13 April 2000
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
Costain Group PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
See below
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
Fielding Nominees Limited.
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
N/A
6) ( N/A %) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
2500
8) (0.00074%) of issued Class
9) Class of security
Ordinary Shares
10) Date of transaction
10 April 2000
11) Date company informed
12 April 2000
12) Total holding following this notification
294,506,116
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
87%
14) Any additional information
The figure in box 12 includes 72,307,521 shares which are counted twice
by virtue of one party to a Section 204 Agreement holding options to
purchase shares held by other parties to that agreement.
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
C L Franks 01628 842575
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ...13 April 2000
Letter to :Addressees as per schedule below
PART VI of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act')
This letter constitutes notification under Part VI of the Act and relates to
ordinary share capital of Costain Group PLC (the 'Company').
This notification relates, inter alia, to interests which arise under certain
Agreements dated 10th October 1997 made between the Company, certain
subsidiaries of the Company and the parties whose names appear in the schedule
below. The agreement constitutes an agreement to which section 204 of the Act
applies (the 'Section 204 Agreement').
We hereby give you notice under Part VI of the Act that we are interested in
294,056,116 ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company
('Shares').
The identities of the registered holders of the Shares to which this
notification relates and the number of Shares held by each are as set out in the
Schedule of shareholdings below.
Of the interest shown 100,727 shares are not material interests under Section
199 of the Act. However, in addition there are a further 205,445 shares in
which the NatWest Group has a material and non material interest.
COSTAIN GROUP PLC
Schedule of shareholdings of the Participating
Banks
Name of registered Number Number of such Number of such
holder of shares Shares in which the Shares in which the
Interest arises interest is a
by virtue of the section 208(5)
Section 204 interest.
Agreement
Banco Santander SA 1,366,609 1,306,024 NIL
Bankers Trust Company 413,085 413,085 NIL
KAS Nominees Designated
Account 1030 323,830 323,830 NIL
Banco Santander SA 468 1,325,468 NIL
Chase Nominees Ltd
A/C SO 2196 2,334,974 2,334,974 NIL
Cargill Financial
Markets Plc 1,006,297 1,006,297 NIL
Bank of America Int Ltd 463,450 NIL NIL
Bank of America NT&SA 5,551,470 5,551,470 NIL
Bank of America NT&SA
(Special Assets Group) 5,322,542 5,322,542 NIL
Citibank International
plc 1,165,331 1,044,333 522,167
Ranelagh Nominees Ltd 10,647,000 9,734,704 NIL
Lloyd Bank (PEP
Nominees) Ltd 12,483 NIL NIL
Lloyds Private Banking
(Isle of Man)Ltd 948 NIL NIL
Natwest FIS Nominees
Ltd 416 NIL NIL
CNW Nominees Ltd 12,720,273 11,556,292 NIL
Bank of New York
Nominees Ltd 86,630 NIL NIL
BNY GIL Client
A/C Nominees Ltd 205,445 NIL NIL
Standard Chartered
Nominees Ltd J A/C 4,097,553 3,694,468 NIL
Daedalus Projects Ltd 125,354,541 42,500,000 NIL
Raymond Internation
WLL 25,562,500 562,500 NIL
Skanska Invest AB 97,870,021 25,562,500 72,307,521
Glencairn Nominees
Ltd 250 NIL NIL
TOTALS 294,506,116 112,238,487 72,829,688
SCHEDULE
Names and addresses of parties to the Section 204 Agreement
C L Franks
Costain Group Plc
Costain House
Nicholsons Walk
Maidenhead
Berkshire SL6 1LN
Costain Engineering Services Inc.
249 East Main Street
Lexington
Kentucky 40507
USA
Costain Dubai LLC
PO Box 2526
Dubai
UAE
Costain Homes Holdings Inc
620 Newport Center Drive
Suite 400
Newport Beach
California 92660
Raymond International WLL
PO Box 5063
Manama
Bahrain
Daedalus Projects Ltd
5th floor
Anglo International House
North Quay
Douglas
Isle of Man
Intria Berhad
15th Floor
Wisma Denmark
86 Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Banco Santander SA
100 Ludgate Hill
London EC4M 7RE
Bankers Trust Company
c/o Robert Foulston/Julian Nichols
1 Appold Street
Broadgate
London EC2A 2HE
Bankers Trust International
c/o Robert Foulston/Julian Nichols
1 Appold Street
Broadgate
London EC2A 2HE
Bank of America NT & SA (Loan Trading Group)
c/o Iain Gunn/John Cole
1 Alie Street
London E1 8DE
Bank of America NT & SA (Special Assets Group)
c/o Jaap Dutry
26 Elmfield Road
Bromley
Kent BR1 1WA
Citibank NA
c/o Jamie Evans
Global Loans
Victoria Plaza
111 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W OSB
Skanska Invest AB
S-182-25 Danderyd
Sweden
Lloyds Bank Plc
c/o Stephen Hails/Philip Lampshire
St Georges House
6-8 Eastcheap
London EC3M 1LL
Standard Chartered Bank Plc
c/o Neil McCowley/Bob Graham
1st Floor
St Clements House
27 Clements Lane
London EC4N 7AE
R J Hopkins
Share Disclosure
National Westminster Bank
Level 15
Drapers Gardens
12 Throgmorton Avenue
London EC2N 2DL
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