Games Workshop Group PLC
26 February 2004
Games Workshop Group PLC ('the Company')
The Company received notification on 26 February 2004 that Schroder Investment
Management Limited ('SIML'), have an interest in 5,010,682 ordinary shares in
the Company ('Ordinary Shares') which are held in portfolios managed on a
discretionary basis for clients of SIML under investment management agreements.
Included in this figure are:
(i) 2,781,861 Ordinary Shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by
an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited ('SUTL'), and registered or
to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited,
(ii) 105,412 Ordinary Shares registered in the name of Chase Manhattan Bank,
(iii) 255,000 Ordinary Shares registered in the name of Imperial Pensions
Nominees Ltd,
(iv) 827,177 Ordinary Shares registered in the name of British Coal Staff
Superannuation a/c: P,
(v) 862,232 Ordinary Shares registered in the name of Mineworkers Pension
Scheme a/c: R, and
(vi) 179,000 Ordinary Shares registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited.
An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc ('SIMNA
Inc'), is managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 772,500
Ordinary Shares. These Ordinary Shares are registered or are to be registered in
the name of Chase Nominees Limited.
A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd ('SIMNA Ltd'), is
managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 50,000 Ordinary
Shares. These Ordinary Shares are registered or are to be registered in the name
of Chase Nominees Limited.
SIML and their affiliated companies are therefore interested in 5,833,182
Ordinary Shares in aggregate, representing approximately 18.94% of the Company's
issued share capital.
This notification is made:
(a) in respect of SIML's interest as investment managers,
(b) on behalf of SUTL, SIMNA Inc and SIMNA Ltd in relation to the interest it is
treated as having under the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act'), and
(c) on behalf of Schroders plc, SIML's holding company, which is treated as
having an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its
ownership of SIMNA Inc, SIMNA Ltd, SUTL and SIML.
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