Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company ELSTREE, Herts--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2002-- Dear Sirs NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 ("THE ACT") We have been advised on 15th October 2002 by AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd that AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its subsidiaries are deemed to have an interest in our shares as follows: AXA S.A. knows that they were interested in 33,973,876 ordinary shares of 0.1p in the 298,106,043 share capital immediately after the time when the obligation of disclosure arose pursuant to section 198 of the Act. These shares represent a beneficial interest of 29,370,129 shares (9.85%), and a non-beneficial interest of 4,603,747 shares (1.54%) a total interest of 11.39%. The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice relates as far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd as at 11/10/02 is per the attached Appendix. Yours faithfully ARC INTERNATIONAL PLC Charles Rendell DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 ARC INTERNATIONAL ord GBPO.OOlshares Total number of shares held as at 11/10/02 was 33,973,876 the breakdown of which is set out below: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of the Number of Particulars of Registered as Company / Fund Shares Beneficial owners ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 4,629 Trustees of AXA UK Investment Co ICVC HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Tracker Fund UK Tracker Fund (UK) Limited (Non - Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845315 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 1,000,000 Trustees of AXA UK Investment Co ICVC HSBC Global Custody Nominee Distribution Fund Distribution Fund (UK) Limited (Non - Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845029 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 148,700 Trustees of AXA UK Investment Co ICVC HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Growth Fund UK Growth Fund (UK) Limited (Non - Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pan Euro UK Secure Growth 600,000 Pan Euro UK Secure Growth Barclays Nominees Ltd (Non - Beneficial) PO Box 1043 Willow Grove House Windsor, Trowbridge Wiltshire BA 14 OYT a/c 6000BQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA World Funds II 5,602 Trustees of AXA World Funds II Citibank UK Equities UK Equities (formerly UK Growth) Fund London (formerly UK Growth) Crest: BA01F (Non-Beneficial) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA World Funds II 150,000 Trustees of AXA World Funds II Citibank Distribution Fund Distribuiton Fund London (Non-Beneficial) Crest: BA01F ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA World Funds 6,988 (Registration details British Equities Fund available upon request) (Non-Beneficial) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA World Funds 40,000 (Registration details UK Balanced available upon request) (Non-Beneficial) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Life Pensions 170,124 Sun Life Pensions Management HSBC Global Custody Nominee Management Ltd A/c X Ltd (UK) Limited (Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867396 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Life Pensions 1,000,000 Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Nominee Management Ltd A/c X Ltd (UK) Limited (Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867530 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Life Assurance 10,924,488 Sun Life Assurance HSBC Global Custody Nominee Society Plc Society Plc (UK) Limited (Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 776934 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Life Unit Assurance 182,048 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody Nominee Ltd A/c X (UK) Limited (Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 776950 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Life Pensions 21,000 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd RBSTB nominees designation Sunpen Management Ltd 67 Lombard Street (Beneficial) LONDON EC3P 3DL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Life International 1,000,000 Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd Isle of Man Limited a/c a/c SLI 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA Belgium 400,000 (Registration details (Beneficial) available upon request) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA Sun Life plc 15,222,469 AXA Sun Life plc Axa Sun Life plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life 107 Cheapside Assurance Society plc) Assurance Society plc) London EC2V 6DU (Beneficial) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA General Unit Trust 2,647,828 HSBC Global Custody Nominee HSBC Global Custody Nominee (Non-Beneficial) (UK) Limited as Trustees of (UK) Limited the Trust Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 880868 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 ARC INTERNATIONAL ord GBPO.OOlshares Total number of shares held as at 11/10/02 was 33,973,876 the breakdown of which is set out below: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of the Number of Particulars of Registered as Company / Fund Shares Beneficial owners ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXA re UK 450,000 AXA-Re Axa Equity & (Beneficial) Insurance (UK) Ltd Law Nominees Ltd 107 Cheapside London EC2V 6DU a/c AXARE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holding as % of Issued Capital Holding as % of Issued Capital Total Beneficial Interest 29,370,129 10.09 Total Non-Beneficial Interest 4,603,747 1.58 ---------- ----- Total 33,973,876 11.67% ---------- ------ *T Short Name: Arc Intl PLC Category Code: HOL Sequence Number: 00000954 Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20021015T182213+0100
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