FDM Group PLC
20 April 2007
For immediate release 20 April 2007
FDM Group plc
("FDM" or the "Company")
Holdings in Company
The Board of FDM announces that, pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Financial Services
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, they received formal notification
on 6 March 2007 that, as at 20 January 2007, the BT Pension Scheme Trustees
Limited as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme and Hermes Pensions Management
Limited are interested in a total of 2,325,000 ordinary shares in the Company
representing approximately 10.01% of the issued share capital of the Company.
This holding comprises a direct interest of 1,333,591 ordinary shares
representing 5.74% of the issued share capital of the Company and an indirect
interest of 991,409 ordinary shares representing 4.27% of the issued share
capital of the Company. The voting rights for these shares are held by Hermes
Investment Management Limited.
The Board of FDM also announces that formal notification was received on 2 April
2007 from AXA Investment Managers UK Limited that, as at 1 April 2007, AXA S.A.
and its group companies are interested in a total of 2,612,045 ordinary shares
in the Company representing 11.25% of the existing issued share capital of the
Company. This holding comprises a direct interest of 59,500 ordinary shares and
an indirect interest of 2,552,545 ordinary shares, as detailed below:
Company/Fund Number of ordinary % of existing
shares held issued share capital
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 59,500 0.26%
(Direct)
AXA Framlington 354,650 1.53%
Xerox Final Salary Pension Scheme
(Indirect)
AXA Framlington 202,375 0.87%
Islington Group Pension Scheme
(Indirect)
AXA Framlington 270,000 1.16%
SEI UK Equity
(Indirect)
AXA Framlington 685,000 2.95%
Framlington AIM VCT
(Indirect)
AXA Framlington 690,520 2.97%
UK Smaller Companies
(Indirect)
Framlington onshore private clients 350,000 1.50%
(Indirect)
Total direct 59,500 0.25%
Total indirect 2,552,545 10.99%
Total 2,612,045 11.25%
The ordinary shares referred to above are the ordinary shares of 1 pence each in
the Company.
For further information please contact:
FDM Group plc Tel: 0870 060 3100
Julian Divett, Chief Operating Officer
Noble & Company Limited Tel: 020 7763 2200
Nick Naylor
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