Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2427V

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

09 January 2012

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Morgan Sindall Group plc

2: Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		no
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		no
Other (please specify):		no

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:			Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):			Registered Holder: BNY (Nominees) Limited 53,011* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 658,475* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Ltd 3,680,925* Chase Nominees Limited 132,244* Vidacos Nominees Limited 41,913* *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited 103,583 Vidacos Nominees Limited 10,533
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):			06 January 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:			09 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:			12% to 10% Change at Combined Interest Level
	8: Notified Details
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
	Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code			GB0008085614

	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares			Number of voting rights
	5,545,900			5,545,900

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
		Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	4,680,684	4,566,568		114,116	10.57%	0.26%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
4,680,684				10.83%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

· Aviva plc (Parent Company)

· Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

· Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 43,215,305 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 28 April 2011.

14. Contact name:

Mary Nettleship, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 307 9200

Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email	01603 684420
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Neil Whittaker
Contact address
Phone number & email	01603 684420
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)