SAR - Volex Group-Amendment

RNS Number:0390S
Hermes Investment Management
13 November 2003


The 'SAR - Volex Group Plc' announcement released on 11 November 2003 at 10:19  
under RNS No 9153R has been amended.

Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*).

The full amended text is shown below.

                                                      FORM SAR 5


                                       Date of disclosure    11 NOVEMBER 2003

             DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")

                 
Date of sale     10 NOVEMBER 2003

Sale of          VOLEX GROUP                       (name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares sold          sold, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    ORDINARY SHARES           400,000         shares    .....................
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    4,358,704*      (15.239%)  ...............(    %)    .............(15.239%)


(3) Party making disclosure    HERMES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD  *

(4)  (a)  Name of person selling shares or rights over shares HERMES INVESTMENT*
                                                                 MANAGEMENT LTD

          and, if different, beneficial owner   BRITEL FUND NOMINEES LTD AND *
                                                POSSFUND NOMINEES LTD

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)      DAVID BRIDGES

Telephone and extension number      0207 680 2177


For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.

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