Holding in Company

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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