Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8677W

Evolution Group PLC

17 June 2008

 



The Evolution Group Plc

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

17 June 2008

The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification

on 16 June 2008 from Artemis Investment Management Limited ("Artemis") under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR") of an acquisition of voting rights on 6  June 2008 such that Artemis were at that date interested in 10,026,533 (4.48%) ordinary shares of 1p each in the  Company ("Shares") representing a direct interest in the Shares.  Prior to the transaction giving rise to the increased holding Artemis held 9,176,239 Shares.

Details of the beneficial owners are as follows:

Beneficial Owner                               Shares        % interest 

Artemis UK Growth                         6,726,212    3.01

Institutional UK Growth                    2,470,485    1.10

BAE Systems Pension Fund CIF          350,000    0.16

BAE Systems 2000 Pension Plan         150,000     0.06

Barclays UK Smaller Companies         329,836     0.15

Legal entity subject to Notification Obligation: Artemis; Address: 42 Melville Street, Edinburgh EH3 7HA; Tel [phone]; Contact: Alistair Fleming.

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc

Tony Lee, Company Secretary                Tel: [phone]      

 

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