Holding(s) in Company
The Vitec Group PLC
29 November 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 DISCLOSURE BELOW DATED 28 NOVEMBER 2006
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
SEE DISCLOSURE BELOW
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
28 NOVEMBER 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
2,958,141
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
7.17%
14) Any additional information
SEE DISCLOSURE BELOW
PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION BY ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WAS IN
RESPECT OF 2,509,341 REPRESENTING 6.08%
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
J S MILTON ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
020 8939 4650
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 29 NOVEMBER 2006
LETTER TO: VITEC GROUP PLC
28 November 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 November 27, 2006, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, was
interested in aggregate, for the purposes of the Act, in 2,958,141
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 1,725,214 ordinary shares ('Fund Shares').
(b) We believe that the APLP Shares represented approximately 7.17% of the
total issued share capital of the Company as of November 27, 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 1,976,648
The Bank of New York Nominees Limited 697,625
Mellon Bank 173,186
Brown Brothers Harriman 95,637
Chase Nominees Limited 15,045
Of the 1,976,648 shares held by State Street Nominees Limited, 1,725,214
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.
From: Janet D Olsen (Vice President of Artisan Investment Corporation)
Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew A Ziegler
Attorney-in-Fact for Carlene Murphy Ziegler
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