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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
Number of reports in announcement:
1
Company Name:
MERANT plc
Full Issuer Name:
MERANT plc
AVS Security Number:
Unknown
Release Date:
IMMEDIATELY
Release Time:
IMMEDIATELY
Embargo Details:
Telephone Confirmation of Release Required:
Contact Name:
Philip Rosier
Tel. No:
01635 565583
Announcement Given To Third Parties:
Amendment:
No
Headline:
Holding in company
1 Name of company:
MERANT plc
2 Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Merrill Lynch Group
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:
Same as above
4 Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
12,223,273 Nutraco Nominees Limited (Designated and undesignated)
2,491,500 Other names
5 Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
6 Percentage of issued class:
7 Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
8 Percentage of issued class:
9 Class of security:
2p Ordinary
10 Date of transaction:
26 October 1999
11 Date company informed:
29 October 1999
12 Total holding following this notification:
14,714,773
13 Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
10.21%
14 Contact name for queries:
Philip Rosier
15 Contact telephone number:
01635 565583
16 Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Philip Rosier
17 Date of notification:
29 October 1999
Additional Information:
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
MERANT plc
(Registrant)
Date: November 2, 1999 By: /s/ Kenneth A. Sexton
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Kenneth A. Sexton
Chief Financial Officer
