24th Feb 2005 15:28
Unilever PLC24 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company UNILEVER PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC. 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of anon-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is aholding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST OWNED BY ACCOUNTS UNDER THE DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENTMANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES:CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY, CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, CAPITALINTERNATIONAL S.A., CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND CAPITAL RESEARCH ANDMANAGEMENT COMPANY. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY: STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 11,631,287BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 1,942,359NORTHERN TRUST 599,827CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 31,001,567BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED 927,018MIDLAND BANK PLC 8,836,054CEDE & CO. 171,268DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM 1,400BANKERS TRUST 2,453,200BARCLAYS BANK 547,200CITIBANK LONDON 21,700ROYAL TRUST 35,200NORTRUST NOMINEES 9,468,617ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 144,000MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 69,600STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 240,000CITIBANK 34,400RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED 3,100CITBANK NA 73,000HSBC BANK PLC 22,200MELLON BANK NA 283,700ROY NOMINEES LIMITED 95,100MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 2,335,485HSBC 60,500JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 2,535,975 TOTAL - CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY: 73,533,757 THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED: STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 465,674BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 5,767,358NORTHERN TRUST 2,087,832CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 3,677,487MIDLAND BANK PLC 89,900BANKERS TRUST 373,467BARCLAYS BANK 122,700CITIBANK LONDON 1,058,700MORGAN GUARANTY 424,500NORTRUST NOMINEES 4,896,426ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 48,900MSS NOMINEES LIMITED 60,300STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 5,024,059NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 45,000LLOYDS BANK 5,400CITIBANK NA 5,000DEUTSCHE BANK AG 1,566,197HSBC BANK PLC 1,472,860MELLON BANK N.A. 220,735NORTHERN TRUST AVFC 34,900KAS UK 20,019MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED 315,700BANK ONE LONDON 233,900CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 74,000JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 97,100 TOTAL - CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED: 28,188,114 THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A.: STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 7,800CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 1,365,877MIDLAND BANK PLC 318,000BARCLAYS BANK 122,900PICTET & CIE, GENEVA 12,700CITIBANK LONDON 37,000BROWN BROS. 21,600NORTRUST NOMINEES 10,500MORGAN STANLEY 12,800ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 96,500JP MORGAN 1,272,604STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 56,800NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK 44,500LLOYDS BANK 26,600RBSTB NOMINEES 58,000DEUTSCHE BANK AG 63,400HSBC BANK PLC 77,700TOTAL - CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A.: 3,605,281 THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.: STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 2,290,014BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES 576,727NORTHERN TRUST 33,300CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 2,069,430MIDLAND BANK PLC 126,500BANKERS TRUST 22,500CITIBANK LONDON 43,700BROWN BROS. 96,100NORTRUST NOMINEES 615,410ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 75,200STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO. 315,654SUMITOMO TRUST & BANKING 27,900CITIBANK 22,400RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED 14,900CITIBANK NA 370,616HSBC BANK PLC 74,500JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 249,500 TOTAL - CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.: 7,024,351 THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY: STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 422,317CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 31,784,033 TOTAL - CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY: 32,206,350 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.4P EACH 10) Date of transaction 21 FEBRUARY 2005 11) Date company informed 23 FEBRUARY 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 144,557,853 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.965% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JOANNE MCDONALD020 7822 5860 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification ALISON DILLON DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 24 FEBRUARY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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