Holding(s) in Company

NCC Group PLC
02 February 2007

 

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

NCC GROUP PLC

 

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X )


 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  (   )


 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )



                                                                           
Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )

.................

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

.................

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different) (v):

31/01/2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

01/02/2007

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

.................

 

8. Notified details:

.................

 

 

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
if possible using the           the Triggering         
ISIN CODE                       transaction (vi)       
                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 
                                              (viii)                  
                                                                      
Ord                    5,285,062              5,285,062
                                                                      
B01QGK8
 

                     Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
if possible using                      (ix)                                           
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                     Direct            Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
                     5,285,062         1,073,000  4,212,062       3.29%     12.91%
                                                                                      

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

 

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting     % of voting rights 
rights                                  
                                        
5,285,062            16.20%
                                        

 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

See appendix below

Please note that this notification includes a disclosure on behalf of the
following Investment Trust Companies which has/have a notifiable interest as
outlined in the appendix below. The interest of each Trust is listed below -


Framlington Innovative Growth 3.29% holding

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

.................

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

.................

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

.................

 

13. Additional information:

.................

 

14. Contact name:

Terry Marsh

 

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 2637

 

 

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (XVI)

 

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

 

Full name (including legal form for legal entities):

AXA S.A. and its group of companies

 

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris

 

Phone number:

.................

 

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons):

.................

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

 

Full name:

Terry Marsh

 

Contact address:

7 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7NX, UK

 

Phone number:

020 7003 2637

 

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification obligation):

AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn
indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.

 

C: Additional information :

.................

 

                      DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF
                                   APPENDIX
                               NCC GROUP PLC Ord

Total number of shares held as at 31/01/07 was 5,285,062 the breakdown of which
is set out below: 


Name of the                                Number of     % of issued       Particulars of        Registered as
Company/Fund                               Shares        share capital     Beneficial owners

AXA Framlington                              225,000       0.69
Xerox Final Salary Pension Scheme
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                              144,500       0.44
Islington Group Pension Scheme
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                              180,500       0.55
SEI UK Equity
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                            1,073,000       3.29
Framlington Innovative Growth
(Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                            2,934,312       9.00
UK Select Ops
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                              400,000       1.23
UK Smaller Companies
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                              110,450       0.34
BAE Systems Pensions Fund CIF Trustees
(Non-Beneficial)

AXA Framlington                               46,550       0.14
BAE Systems 2000 Pensions Fund
(Non-Beneficial)

Framlington onshore private clients          158,250       0.49
(Non-Beneficial)

Framlington onshore private clients           12,500       0.04
(Non-Beneficial)

Total Beneficial Interest                  1,073,000       3.29

Total Non-Beneficial Interest              4,212,062      12.91

                                 Total     5,285,062      16.20%




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