Holding(s) in Company
The Vitec Group PLC
05 June 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 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 2 JUNE 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
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
8) Percentage of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
NOT STATED IN DISCLOSURE
11) Date company informed
2 JUNE 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
2,062,156
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.00%
14) Any additional information
SEE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION BY ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP WAS IN RESPECT OF 1,661,905 REPRESENTING 4.03%
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
R D PEATE, GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY
Tel: 020 8939 4650
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ........ 5 JUNE 2006 ................
LETTER TO: THE VITEC GROUP PLC
DATED: 2 JUNE 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 June 1, 2006, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, was interested
in aggregate, for the purposes of the Act, in 2,062,156 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 1,117,631 ordinary shares ('Fund
Shares').
(b) We believe that the APLP Shares represented approximately 5.01% of the
total issued share capital of the Company as of June 1, 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 1,240,985
The Bank of New York Nominees Limited 555,391
Mellon Bank 133,988
Brown Brothers Harriman 95,637
Chase Nominees Limited 36,155
Of the 1,240,985 shares held by State Street Nominees Limited, 1,117,631
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 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.
LETTER FROM:
ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION
for itself and as general partner of
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Janet D.Olsen*
ANDREW A. ZIEGLER
Andrew A. Ziegler*
CARLENE MURPHY ZIEGLER
Carlene Murphy Ziegler*
ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.
on behalf of its series ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
By: Janet D.Olsen*
*By:
Janet D. Olson
Vice President of Artisan Investment Corporation
Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew A. Ziegler
Attorney-in-Fact for Carlene Murphy Ziegler
General Counsel and Secretary of Artisan Funds, Inc.
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