News Release
15th May 2008
Anglo Pacific Group PLC ('the Company')
Shareholding Notification
The Company has been informed on 15th May 2008 that, as at 14th May 2008, AXA S.A, and its group of companies, now hold an interest in 11,853,897 ordinary shares of 2p each in the Company. This holding represents approximately 11.11% of the voting rights of the Company's issued share capital.
These shares are represented by a beneficial interest of 598,344 shares (approximately 0.56% of the issued ordinary share capital) and a non-beneficial interest of 11,255,553 shares (approximately 10.55% of the issued ordinary share capital).
The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Limited, as at 13th May 2008, is as noted below:
Name of Company/Fund
|
Number of shares
|
% of issued share capital
|
AXA Ireland Pension Fund
(non-beneficial)
|
5,652
|
0.0053
|
AXA Rosenberg
(beneficial)
|
136,896
|
0.12828
|
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC
UK Smaller Companies Fund
(non-beneficial)
|
180,766
|
0.16939
|
AXA Rosenberg
(beneficial)
|
93,009
|
0.08715
|
AXA France
(non-beneficial)
|
200,000
|
0.18741
|
AXA Rosenberg
(non-beneficial)
|
2,454,135
|
2.29965
|
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd
(beneficial)
|
55,000
|
0.05154
|
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd
(beneficial)
|
76,265
|
0.07146
|
Sun Life Assurance Ltd
FTSE All Share Tracker
(beneficial)
|
18,653
|
0.01748
|
Sun Life Pensions Management
FTSE All Share Tracker
(beneficial)
|
108,465
|
0.10164
|
AXA Framlington
Framlington Income & Capital
(non-beneficial)
|
800,000
|
0.74964
|
AXA Framlington
Equity Income
(non-beneficial)
|
5,300,000
|
4.96638
|
AXA Framlington
Monthly Income
(non-beneficial)
|
2,300,000
|
2.15522
|
Framlington onshore private client
(non-beneficial)
|
15,000
|
0.01406
|
AXA Sun Life
With Profits Passive Fund
(beneficial)
|
67,855
|
0.06358
|
AXA Sun Life
With Profits Passive Fund
(beneficial)
|
42,201
|
0.03954
|
Total beneficial
Total non-beneficial
Total
|
598,344
11,255,553
11,853,897
|
0.56068
10.54704
11.10772
|
For further information:
Anglo Pacific Group plc +44 (0) 20 7318 6360
Peter Boycott, Chairman
Matthew Tack, Finance Director
Numis Securities +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
James Black
John Harrison
Scott Harris +44 (0) 20 7653 0030
Stephen Scott
James O'Shaughnessy
Website: www.anglopacificgroup.com