18th Apr 2006 16:08
Johnston Press PLC18 April 2006 Johnston Press plc ("the Company") DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 18 April 2006 that The Capital GroupCompanies, Inc on behalf of its affiliates including Capital International SA,Capital International Inc, Capital International Limited and Capital GuardianTrust Company have an interest in 17,640,248 ordinary shares of 10p each of theCompany. This represents 6.14% of the issued share capital of the Company. The holdings are registered in the following names:- Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 978,600Bank of New York Nominees 658,700Northern Trust 83,354Chase Manhattan Bank Australia Limited 5,500Chase Nominees Limited 3,942,327BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 74,900Midland Bank plc 737,099Cede & Co 37,400Deutsche Bank Mannheim 1,300Bankers Trust 40,300Barclays Bank 75,000Citibank London 6,300Royal Trust 11,000Nortrust Nominees 680,500MSS Nominees Limited 6,500State Street Bank & Trust Co 36,700Citibank NA 15,500Deutsche Bank AG 2,500HSBC Bank plc 100Mellon Bank NA 39,200ROY Nominees Limited 13,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 466,259Bank One London 2,800HSBC 1,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 160,149 Total 8,076,788 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 49,700Bank of New York Nominees 1,522,811Northern Trust 631,600Chase Nominees Limited 1,105,300Midland Bank plc 19,700Bankers Trust 63,500Barclays Bank 29,400Morgan Guaranty 109,000Nortrust Nominees 1,065,049State Street Bank & Trust Co 471,600Citibank NA 15,800Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 41,000HSBC Bank plc 349,400Mellon Bank NA 81,000KAS UK 21,400Bank One London 81,900JP Morgan Chase Bank 27,000Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 95,900Nordea Bank 8,400 Total 5,789,460 Capital International SA Registered Holder Number of Shares Bank of New York Nominees 6,700Chase Nominees Limited 995,800Midland Bank plc 18,100Barclays Bank 178,000Nortrust Nominees 7,000Morgan Stanley 8,300J P Morgan 662,900HSBC Bank plc 35,300 Total 1,912,100 Capital International Inc Registered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 979,000Bank of New York Nominees 40,000Chase Nominees Limited 57,700Midland Bank plc 154,900Brown Bros 119,200Sumitomo Trust & Banking 39,000State Street Australia Limited 39,200HSBC Bank Plc 96,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 336,200 Total 1,861,900 18 April 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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