RNS Number:1822B
TBI PLC
23 July 2004

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     TBI PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     JOHCM ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS LLP
     NORTH ATLANTIC VALUE LLP
     NORTH ATLANTIC SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
     ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED
  
     SHAREHOLDERS ARE PARTY TO AN AGREEMENT TO WHICH SECTION 204 OF
     THE COMPANIES ACT APPLIES

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

     NOTIFICATION INDICATES THAT IT IS IN RESPECT OF SHAREHOLDERS IN BOX 2

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE ATTACHED LETTER FROM JO HAMBRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     UNKNOWN

6)   Percentage of issued Class

     UNKNOWN

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     NONE

8)   Percentage of issued Class

      -

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY 10 PENCE SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

     UNKNOWN

11)  Date company informed

     22 JULY 2004

12)  Total holding following this notification

     37,496,704
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     6.71%

14)  Any additional information

     SEE ATTACHED LETTER FROM JO HAMBRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     ROGER CLIFTON, 0207 408 7300

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ....... 22 JULY 2004


To:  TBI plc
     Dated 22 July 2004

Concert Party Notification

I attach concert party notifications pursuant to Section 204 Companies Act 1985
relating to North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC, North
Atlantic Value LLP and JOHCM Alternative Investments LLP. The notification from
Oryx International Growth Fund Limited will be sent to you from Oryx in Guernsey
separately by fax later today. In the meantime, we can advise that Oryx is
interested in 3,000,000 ordinary shares being 0.54% of your share capital.

From:  Bonita Dryden
       J O Hambro Capital Management Limited


Letter to: TBI Plc
Dated 22 July 2004

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act") we hereby notify 
you that:

North Atlantic Value LLP ("NAV"), Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street,
London SWIY 6QB is a party to an agreement to which section 204 of the Act
applies (the "Agreement").  The other parties to this agreement are:-

North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("NASCIT") of Ground
Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street, London SWIY 6QB, and

Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ("ORYX"), PO Box 208, Bermuda House,  
St Julian's Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey CI.

JOHCM Alternative Investments LLP ("AI"), Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder
Street, London SWIY 6QB.

As at 22 July 2004, NAV was interested for the purposes of the Act in 15,054,987
ordinary shares in the relevant share capital, as defined in section 198(2) of
the Act, of TBI PLC (the "Relevant Shares"), which represents 2.69% of that Class
of capital based on an issued share capital of 558,917,792 ordinary shares.

37,496,704 of the Relevant Shares are shares in which NAV will be interested by
virtue of sections 204 and 205 of the Act.

The Relevant Shares are held or will held in the following names:


Nutraco Nominees Limited                           2,310,000 
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                 15,180,000 
HSBC Global Custody London Limited                 3,000,000 
Goldman Sachs International TNA                    6,968,752 
Goldman Sachs International THO                    4,859,376 
Goldman Sachs International THT                      736,459 
Goldman Sachs International TEU                    4,442,117

Total                              37,496,704 shares = 6.71% 
                                        ,

From:  Charles Groves
       For and on behalf of North Atlantic Value LLP
 

Letter to TBI Plc
Dated 22 July 2004

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act") we hereby notify
you that North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("NASCIT"),
Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street, London SWIY 6QB is a party to an
agreement to which section 204 of the Act applies (the "Agreement"). The other
parties to this agreement are:-

Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ("ORYX"), PO Box 208, Bermuda House, St
Julian's Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey CI; and

North Atlantic Value LLP ("NAV"), Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street,
London SWIY 6QB; and 

JOHCM Alternative Investments LLP ("AI"), Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder
Street, London SWIY 6QB.

As at 22 July 2004, NASCIT was interested for the purposes of the Act in
15,000,000 ordinary shares in the relevant share capital, as defined in section
198(2) of the Act, of TBI PLC (the "Relevant Shares"), which represent 2.68% of
that Class of capital based on an issued share capital of 558,917,792 ordinary
shares.

37,496,704 of the Relevant Shares are shares in which NASCIT will be interested
by virtue of sections 204 and 205 of the Act.

The Relevant Shares are held or will held in the following names:

Nutraco Nominees Limited                              2,310,000
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                    15,180,000 
HSBC Global Custody London Limited                    3,000,000 
Goldman Sachs International TNA                       6,968,752 
Goldman Sachs International THO                       4,859,376 
Goldman Sachs International THT                         736,459 
Goldman Sachs International TEU                       4,442,117

Total                                 37,496,704 shares = 6.71%


From:  Bonita Dryden
For and on behalf of J O Hambro Capital Management Limited 
as Company Secretary of North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC



Letter to TBI Plc
Dated 22 July 2004

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act") we hereby notify
you that JOHCM Alternative Investments LLP ("AI"), Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14
Ryder Street, London SWIY 6QB is a party to an agreement to which section 204 of
the Act applies (the "Agreement"). The other parties to this agreement are:-

North Atlantic Value LLP ("NAV"), Ground Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street,
London SWIY 6QB; and 

North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("NASCIT") of Ground
Floor, Ryder Court, 14 Ryder Street, London SWIY 6QB, and

Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ("ORYX"), PO Box 208, Bermuda House, St
Julian's Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey CI.


As at 16 June 2004, AI was interested for the purposes of the Act in 4,442,117
ordinary shares in the relevant share capital, as defined in section 198(2) of
the Act, of TBI PLC (the "Relevant Shares"), which represent 0.79% of that Class
of capital based on an issued share capital of 558,917,712 ordinary shares.

37,496,704 of the Relevant Shares are shares in which AI will be interested
by virtue of sections 204 and 205 of the Act.

The Relevant Shares are held or will held in the following names:

Nutraco Nominees Limited                              2,310,000
Bank of New York Nominees Limited                    15,180,000 
HSBC Global Custody London Limited                    3,000,000 
Goldman Sachs International TNA                       6,968,752 
Goldman Sachs International THO                       4,859,376 
Goldman Sachs International THT                         736,459 
Goldman Sachs International TEU                       4,442,117

Total                                 37,496,704 shares = 6.71%


From: Bonita Dryden
      For and on behalf of J 0 Hambro Capital Management Limited as the
      Designated Member of JOHCM Alternative Investments LLP


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END
HOLPUUGUMUPCGQW

Oryx International Growth (LSE:OIG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024 Click Here for more Oryx International Growth Charts.
Oryx International Growth (LSE:OIG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024 Click Here for more Oryx International Growth Charts.