Holding(s) in Company
Michael Page International PLC
8 March 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
AXA S.A.
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
SEE BELOW
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
SEE BELOW
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
514,962
6) Percentage of issued Class
0.14%
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
8) Percentage of issued Class
N/A
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
4/3/2004
11) Date company informed
8/3/2004
12) Total holding following this notification
44,096,232
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
12.12%
14) Any additional information
N/A
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
DAVID WISE
01932 264142
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 8/3/2004
Letter to: Michael Page International plc
Dated: 5 March 2004
NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST(S) IN SHARES UNDER SECTION 198 COMPANIES
ACT 1985 ("THE ACT")
Michael Page International plc
This notification supersedes any previous notification from AXA Investment
Managers UK Ltd.
We are writing on behalf of AXA S.A. of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its
Group Companies who are deemed to have an interest in these shares.
AXA S.A. knows that they were interested in 44,096,232 ord GBP 0.01 shares in
the 363,662,799 share capital immediately after the time when the obligation of
disclosure arose pursuant to section 198 of the Act. These shares represent a
beneficial interest of 37,616,877 shares (10.43%), and a non-beneficial interest
of 6,479,355 shares (1.78%).
The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice
relates, so far as as known to AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd, as at 04/03/04,
is as per the Appendix below.
This notification of change is due to a decrease in the total holding from
11.92% to 12.12%.
Letter from: AXA Investment Managers
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF
APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985
Michael Page International plc ord GBP 0.01 shares
Total number of shares held as at 04/03/04 was 44,096,232 the breakdown of which
is set out below:
Name of the
Company /Fund Number of Shares Particulars of Beneficial owners Registered as
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Sun Life Nominees Ltd 132,221 Trustees of the Cobham Pension Plan HSBC Global Custody Nominee
A/c 29 (Non - Beneficial) (UK) Limited
a/c 777167
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Sun Life Nominees Ltd 25,917 Trustees of the Princes (1977) Pension HSBC Global Custody Nominee
A/c 31 (Non - Beneficial) Scheme (UK) Limited
a/c 785078
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Sun Life Nominees Ltd 27,795 Eldridge Pope Pension Fund HSBC Global Custody Nominee
A/c 32 (Non - Beneficial) (UK) Limited
a/c 873426
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Sun Life Pensions 2,053,945 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody Nominee
Management Ltd (UK) Limited
(Beneficial) a/c 867815
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Sun Life Pensions 3,706,684 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody Nominee
Management Ltd A/c X (UK) Limited
(Beneficial) a/c 867396
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Sun Life Pensions 9,259,159 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody Nominee
Management Ltd A/c X (UK) Limited
(Beneficial) a/c 867372
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Sun Life Assurance 8,795,851 Sun Life Assurance Society Plc HSBC Global Custody Nominee
Society PLC (UK) Limited
(Beneficial) a/c 776934
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Sun Life Unit Assurance 1,387,449 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody Nominee
Ltd A/c X (UK) Limited
(Beneficial) a/c 867050
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AXA Sun Life plc 12,413,909 AXA Sun Life plc Axa Sun Life plc
(fmly Axa Equity & Law Life (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life
Assurance Society plc) Assurance Society plc)
(Beneficial)
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AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 2,639,602 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme Chase Nominees Ltd
Equity Fund Equity Fund a/c 00994
(Non-Beneficial)
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AXA Financial, Inc 953 AXA Rosenberg
(Non-Beneficial)
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Holding as % of issued Capital
Total Beneficial Interest 37,616,677 10.34
Total Non-Beneficial
Interest 6,479,355 1.78
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Total 44,096,232 12.12%
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