Holding(s) in Company
St. Ives PLC
18 March 2003
To: RNS
Schedule 10 - Notification of a major interest in shares
Please find attached notification of a major interest in St Ives plc shares.
We have been advised by Silchester International Investors Limited that its
interest in St Ives plc is 11,601,145 shares. This represents 11.24% of the
ordinary issued share capital of St Ives plc of 103,193,248 as at 17th March
2003.
From: Susan Morgan
Company Secretary, St Ives plc
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
ST IVES PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED
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
PLEASE REFER TO LETTER BELOW
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
PLEASE REFER TO LETTER BELOW
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
-
6) (- %) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
-
8) ( - %) of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
10) Date of transaction
17TH MARCH 2003
11) Date company informed
17TH MARCH 2003
12) Total holding following this notification
11,601,145
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
11.24%
14) Any additional information
ST IVES PLC ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 17TH MARCH 2003
103,193,248 SHARES
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
PHILIP HARRIS
020 7928 8844 X 337
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ......18TH MARCH 2003
LETTER TO ST IVES PLC - DATED 17TH MARCH 2003
We act as an Investment Manager for a number of large institutional investors
and for a number of commingled funds. In acting for our Clients, we are given
full discretion over the investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf.
However, we do not act as their Custodian, and therefore shares are not held in
our name, but in the nominee name of their Custodian Bank.
Recent purchases/sales of shares in your company by ourselves, on behalf of our
clients, have resulted in our having control over the following shares (also see
attached):
SILCHESTER: 11,601,145 Ordinary Shares
Our records show that you have the following shares in that class
ST IVES PLC: 103,193,248 Ordinary Shares
As such, we exercise control over 11.24% of the shares of that class.
FROM: SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED
Company: St Ives
Share Class: ORD
Issued Shares: 103,193,248
% of Class
SII Ownership: 11,601,145 11.24 Date: 17th March 2003
SII Account Nominee Share Holding Voting Authority
GROUP Northern Trust Co 3.27 3,374,645 YES
LICRF Deutsche Bank 0.14 140,000 YES
PATCH Northern Trust Co 0.37 383,000 YES
SIEBT Northern Trust Co 6.81 7,027,500 YES
TEXAS Northern Trust Co 0.35 362,000 YES
TRUST Northern Trust Co 0.30 314,000 YES
TOTAL 11,601,145
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