Esporta PLC
20 February 2001
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
ESPORTA PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
NORWICH UNION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 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
AS ABOVE
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
AS ABOVE
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
N/A
6) ( N/A %) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
NOT DISCLOSED
8) ( NOT DISCLOSED %) of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY 25p SHARES
10) Date of transaction
NOT DISCLOSED
11) Date company informed
19 FEBRUARY 2001
12) Total holding following this notification
NIL
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
NIL
14) Any additional information
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO NOVATION OF FUNDS FROM NORWICH UNION INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT LIMITED TO MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
VICTORIA PENRICE
0118 912 3505
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 20 FEBRUARY 2001
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
ESPORTA PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT 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
AS ABOVE
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
BNY NORWICH UNION NOMINEES LIMITED 8,522,098 SHARES
CHASE GA GROUP NOMINEES LIMITED 7,486 SHARES
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
8,529,584
6) ( 5.13%) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
8) ( N/A %) of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY 25p SHARES
10) Date of transaction
NOT DISCLOSED
11) Date company informed
19 FEBRUARY 2001
12) Total holding following this notification
8,529,584
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.13%
14) Any additional information
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO NOVATION OF FUNDS FROM NORWICH UNION INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT LIMITED TO MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
VICTORIA PENRICE
0118 912 3505
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 20 FEBRUARY 2001
Letter to Esporta plc dated 15 February 2001
ESPORTA ORD 25P
This notification relates to ESPORTA ORD 25P in the capital of the Company (the
'shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198
to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act').
This notification arises from the novation of funds from Norwich Union
Investment Management Limited to Morley Fund Management Limited, both wholly
owned subsidiaries of CGNU plc.
1. Notification on behalf of Norwich Union Investment Management Limited (a
subsidiary of CGNU plc).
1.1 Norwich Union Investment Management Limited no longer have a notifiable
interest in the shares.
2. Notification on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of
CGNU plc).
2.1 We hereby notify you on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited that
immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose
Morley Fund Management Limited were interested in 8,529,584 shares.
2.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this
notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out
in the attached Appendix.
The aggregate total percentage interest of CGNU plc in the shares was notified
to you on 1 August 2000.
We are only required to notify interests which are defined as material interests
when the holding is equal to 3% or more of the Company's relevant share capital.
The term material interests exclude certain categories where we do not hold a
beneficial interest, for example where the shares are held in an Authorised Unit
Trust Scheme or Open Ended Investment Company. Holdings in those categories are
therefore not included in the holding notified under this letter. If you wish us
to confirm the level of holdings in these categories, please let us know.
Neil Whittaker for and on behalf of CGNU plc
APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 8,522,098
Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 7,486
TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 5.13%
ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 166,187,522
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