----------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ----------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0145 Expires: December 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........11 ----------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 2)1 SRI Surgical Express Inc. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 78464W 10 4 (CUSIP Number) 31 December 2004 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [X] Rule 13d-1(b) [ ] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) -------------------------- 1 The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). CUSIP No. 78464W 10 4 13G Page 2 of 6 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: F&C Management Limited I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY): 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) [ ] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United Kingdom 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 407,306 NUMBER 6 SHARED VOTING POWER OF SHARES 0 BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 407,306 PERSON WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 407,306 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [ ] (See Instructions) 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 6.5% 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IA, CO CUSIP No. 78464W 10 4 13G Page 3 of 6 ITEM 1. (a) Name of Issuer SRI Surgical Express Inc. (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices 12425 Racetrack Road Tampa FL 33626 ITEM 2. (a) Name of Person Filing F&C Management Limited (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence Registered Office: 80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU, United Kingdom (c) Citizenship F&C Management Limited is a corporation organised under the laws of the United Kingdom (d) Title of Class of Securities Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock") (e) CUSIP Number 78464W 10 4 ITEM 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(B), OR 13D-2(B) OR (C), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A: (a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (d) [ ] Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act (e) [X] Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) CUSIP No. 78464W 10 4 13G Page 4 of 6 (g) [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7) (h) [ ] A savings association as defined in section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (i) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (j) [ ] Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)-1(ii)(J) ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP (a) Amount Beneficially Owned 407,306 (b) Percent of Class 6.5% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 407,306 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 407,306 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ]. ITEM 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON Dividends received from, and proceeds from the sale of, Common Stock, if any, by F&C Management Limited are allocated by F&C Management Limited to the applicable accounts of its clients and are distributed or retained in accordance with F&C Management Limited's investment management agreements with those clients. ITEM 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY Not Applicable CUSIP No. 78464W 10 4 13G Page 5 of 6 ITEM 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP Not Applicable ITEM 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP Not Applicable ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION By signing below, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. CUSIP No. 78464W 10 4 13G Page 6 of 6 SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: 14 February 2005 F&C Management Limited By: /s/ Marrack Tonkin -------------------------- Name: Marrack Tonkin Title: Company Secretary