Ennstone PLC - Holding in Company

RNS No 7629d
ENNSTONE PLC


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Ennstone plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
The Equitable Life Assurance Society

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:
Shareholder above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Equitable Life Assurance Society     64,815,114
Midland Bank Trust Company Ltd       35,370,000

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
55,640,176

6   Percentage of issued class:
11.28%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary

10  Date of transaction:
24th June 1997
11  Date company informed:
24th June 1997

12  Total holding following this notification:
100,185,114 ordinary shares

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
20.31%

14  Contact name for queries:
Phil Adams

15 Contact telephone number:
0161 831 9133

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
John Barlow

17  Date of notification:
1st July 1997
Additional Information:
Hobbs Properties Limited no longer has a notifiable holding in Ennstone plc.


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