30th Jun 2006 16:48
30 June 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 28 June 2006 from an officialof Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 27 June 2006, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 4.11%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 7,078,398 shares notified on 31 January2006 to 7,205,676 shares which equates to 4.11% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 27 June 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 7,205,676 ORD GBP0.05 Representing 4.11% of the issued share capital of 175,440,700. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors, 32,401 .0185 Australia Ltd Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 656,550 .3742 Ltd Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 733 .0004 Gerrard Ltd 56,528 .0322 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 4,953,005 2.8231 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 706,482 .4027 Barclays Global Investors Japan 280,869 .1601 Ltd Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 519,108 .2959 Group Holding 7,205,676 4.1071% REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 27 June 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 7,205,676 ORD GBP0.05 Representing 4.11% of the issued share capital of 175,440,700. BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 136,787 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 519,763 Barclays Trust Co & Others 733 BNP PARIBAS 8,962 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 111,116 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 85,201 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 2,919,385 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 198,444 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 67,583 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,988 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 7,764 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,702 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 111,943 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 264,681 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 56,016 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 134,388 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,203 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,975 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 47,681 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 147,381 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 96,145 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 37,384 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 61,946 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,503,076 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 135,783 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 32,401 JPMorgan Chase Bank 131,342 JPMorgan Chase Bank 55,243 JPMorgan Chase Bank 94,284 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 10,210 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 9,340 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 12,436 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 15,020 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 2,775 R C Greig Nominees Limited P53,528 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 17,847 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 15,769 The Northern Trust Co - U 11,451 Total 7,205,676ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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