SAR - 3 Jarvis Porter Group

Montpellier Group PLC 2 April 2002 FORM SAR 3 Lodge with Company Announcements Office and the Panel. A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired. Date of disclosure...2 April 2002 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs') Date of acquisition..28 March 2002..................................... Acquisition in...Jarvis Porter Group PLC.....................(name of company) (1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares (eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights Ordinary 10 pence.... ...12,775,000...shares .....N/A.............. ...N/A..........rights (2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage of voting shares (and % of rights over shares of total voting shares (and % of total voting in issue) shares in issue) 12,775,000.....(26.64 %) N/A%.........( %) ( 26.64%......) (3) Party making disclosure...Montpellier Group plc......................... (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares ............ and, if different, beneficial owner...Montpellier Group plc....... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)......N/A................. Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above................... (Also print name of signatory)...Mr A N McArthur (Company Secretary)........... Telephone and extension number...020 7522 3226.............................. Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate holdings to disclose certain disposals. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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