27th Nov 2006 12:53
27 November 2006
Notification of Share Interest
Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985
We have today received the following notice dated 23 November 2006 from an official of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows.
"I hereby inform you that as at 22 November 2006, Barclays PLC through the legal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 10.08%
Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (as required by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".
They have increased their holding from 11,169,008 shares notified on 21November 2006 to 17,221,954 shares which equates to 10.08% of the issued sharecapital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06
As at 22 November 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 17,221,954 ORD GBP0.05
Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,844,534 3.4209 Gerrard Ltd 55,398 0.0324 Barclays Capital Inc 60,000 0.0351 Gerrard Ltd 14,484 0.0085 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 605,124 0.3542 Barclays Global Investors 180,813 0.1058 Australia Ltd Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,152,485 0.6746 Barclays Bank PLC 393,207 0.2301 Barclays Global Investors Japan 412,126 0.2412 Ltd Barclays Global Investors Ltd 4,732,854 2.7702 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 3,044,344 1.7819 Barclays Bank PLC 726,585 0.4253 Group Holding 17,221,954 10.0802 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06
As at 22 November 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 17,221,954 ORD GBP0.05
Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258227 75,427 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 150,780 BANK OF IRELAND 427057 30,107 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 83,917 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 153,445 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 323,676 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 371,739 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 40,993 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,152,485 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 60,000 BNP PARIBAS 33,938 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 137,535 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 70,656 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 175,586 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 18,351 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 726,585 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 393,207 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 85,546 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 24,697 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,687,861 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 379,731 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 74,207 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 10,588 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 252,862 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 128,571 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 390,500 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 23,797 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 26,097CITIBANK 564005 58,180 CITIBANK 6010640794 47,922 CITIBANK 6010782807 55,707DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 196,532 HSBC 813168 200,223 HSBC 845315 6,528 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,450,453 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 90,380 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 247,534 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 49,946 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 88,693 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,353,564 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 58,267 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 162,246 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 441,773 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 81,576 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 38245 20,199 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 72,500 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 36,757 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 40526 29,225 JPM FRANKFURT 39746 30,506 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 180,813 JPMorgan Chase Bank 179,415 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 14,129 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 309,925 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 17,031 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 35,376 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 152,250 Master Trust Bank 79,181 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 61,167 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 162,500 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 2,865 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 14,620 NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 58,326 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 309,556 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 166,818 R C Greig Nominees Limited 12,213 R C Greig Nominees Limited 52,398 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 1,798AK1 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 473BL1 STATE STREET 29W8 16,873 STATE STREET 2RJ2 16,319 STATE STREET N3B6 48,525 STATE STREET N3YZ 6,781 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 103,278 STATE STREET BOSTON 63,229 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 62,263 The Northern Trust Company - U 41,725 Trust & Custody Services Bank 153,530 Total 17,221,954
COUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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