Holding(s) in Company
The Vitec Group PLC
14 September 2006
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
THE VITEC GROUP PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(and, by virtue of s203(3), Artisan Investment Corporation,
Andrew A Ziegler and Carlene M Ziegler)
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 ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE
DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2006
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
SEE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
NOT SPECIFIED
6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)
-
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
-
8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)
-
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
NOT STATED IN DISCLOSURE
11) Date company informed
13 SEPTEMBER 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
2,509,341
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any
treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account
when calculating percentage)
6.08%
14) Any additional information
SEE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE.
PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION BY ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
WAS IN RESPECT OF 2,383,444 REPRESENTING 5.78%
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
J S MILTON, ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
TEL: 020 8939 4650
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ..... 14 SEPTEMBER 2006
Letter to Vitec Group plc
Dated 13 September 2006
We hereby notify you in fulfilment of the obligation of disclosure imposed by
the provisions of Sections 198 et seq., Part IV of the Companies Act (1985)
(the 'Act'), that
(a) As of September 12, 2006, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, was
interested in aggregate, for the purposes of the Act, in 2,509,341
ordinary shares ('APLP shares') comprised in the relevant share capital,
as defined in section 198(2) of the Act, of The Vitec Group Plc (the
'Company'). Of the APLP Shares, Artisan International Value Fund was
interested in 1,383,803 ordinary shares ('Fund Shares').
(b) We believe that the APLP Shares represented approximately 6.09% of the
total issued share capital of the Company as of September 12, 2006.
(c) So far as we are aware at the date of this notice, the registered
holders of the APLP Shares are as follows:
Nominee Shares
State Street Nominees Limited 1,579,904
The Bank of New York Nominees Limited 648,985
Mellon Bank 169,770
Brown Brothers Harriman 95,637
Chase Nominees Limited 15,045
Of the 1,579,904 shares held by State Street Nominees Limited,
1,383,803 are the Fund Shares.
(d) In addition, Artisan Investment Corporation, Andrew A. Ziegler, and
Carlene M. Ziegler, have a notifiable interest in the APLP Shares by
virtue of Section 203(3) of the Act;
(e) So far as we are aware as at the date of this notice, none of the APLP
Shares comprise an interest falling within Section 208(5) of the Act.
(f) This notification is given in fulfilment of the obligations of each of
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investment Corporation,
Andrew A. Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler, and Artisan International Value
Fund under the requirements of the Act and their addresses are as
stated at the foot of this letter. This notice constitutes separate
notifications that have been combined solely for the purposes of clarity
and efficiency; it is not intended to indicate that any of these
entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.
(g) If you have any questions in relation to the contents of this
notification, please contact Graeme Baldwin at Herbert Smith LLP on
+44 (0)20 7466 2751.
ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION
for itself and as general partner of
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Lawrence A. Totsky*
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ANDREW A. ZIEGLER
Andrew A. Ziegler*
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CARLENE MURPHY ZIEGLER
Carlene Murphy Ziegler*
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ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.
on behalf of its series ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
By: Lawrence A. Totsky*
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*By:
Lawrence A. Totsky
Chief Financial Officer of Artisan Investment Corporation
Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew A. Ziegler
Attorney-in-Fact for Carlene Murphy Ziegler
Chief Financial Officer of Artisan Funds, Inc.
875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800, Milwaukee WI 53202
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