Holding(s) in Company
September 26 2003 - 11:06AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:2402Q
Easynet Group PLC
26 September 2003
Letter to EasyNet Group Plc
Dated September 24, 2003
Amendment #8
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT
1. Company in which shares are held: EASYNET GROUP PLC
2. Notifiable Interest: ORDINARY SHARES
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.)
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), and investment
manager for various non-US investment companies and institutional
clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and
their holdings).
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited.
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from
reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for
the purposes of clarity and efficiency. 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.
6. 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
SECURITY: Easynet Group Plc Amendment # 8
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
575,800 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
31,400 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
1,166,300 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company
3,634,288 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
81,102 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
TOTAL ORDINARY
SHARES: 5,488,890
CURRENT OWNERSHIP
PERCENTAGE: 4.93%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 111,352,700
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: (300,000) ordinary shares
Change in holdings is primarily due to the increase in the share capital figure.
Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Company
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