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Charter PLC14 June 2006 Charter plc 14 June 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed Company Charter plc 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Barclays PLC through the following legal entities: Barclays Global Investors LimitedBarclays Global Investors, N.ABarclays Global Investors Australia LimitedBarclays Global Fund AdvisorsBarclays Life Assurance Co LimitedGerrard LimitedBarclays Capital Securities LimitedBarclays Global Investors Canada Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 In respect of shareholder named in 2. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them. Registered Holder Account designation Holding Bank of New York 11,547Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 109,939Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 519,536Barclays Global Investors Canada 10,428BNP Paribas 18,392Boiss Nominees Limited 4224361 99,891Chase Nominees Limited 16376 83,476Chase Nominees Limited 20947 3,802,731Chase Nominees Limited 21359 246,478Chase Nominees Limited 28270 116,253Chase Nominees Limited 28270 53,634CIBC Mellon Global Securities 14,045Investors Bank and Trust Co 699,870Investors Bank and Trust Co 2,136Investors Bank and Trust Co 24,072Investors Bank and Trust Co 169,459Investors Bank and Trust Co 12,667Investors Bank and Trust Co 844,342Investors Bank and Trust Co 27,724Investors Bank and Trust Co 1,497Investors Bank and Trust Co 9,324Investors Bank and Trust Co 295,071Investors Bank and Trust Co 4,587Investors Bank and Trust Co 7,500Investors Bank and Trust Co 518,647Investors Bank and Trust Co 50,547JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 26,941JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 266,047JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 96,608JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 83,565JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 155,785JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 1,041,135JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16482 770,112JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 106,392JP Morgan Chase Bank 120,257JP Morgan Chase Bank 14,740JP Morgan Chase Bank 4,357Mellon Trust - US Custodian/ 31,563Mellon Trust - US Custodian/ 11,331Mellon Trust of New England 32,688Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 39,966Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 9,818Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 49,320RC Grieg Nominees Limited 11,806RC Grieg Nominees Limited a/c AK1 700RC Grieg Nominees Limited a/c BL1 3,464RC Grieg Nominees Limited GP1 425RC Grieg Nominees Limited SA1 6,336State Street Boston 84,288State Street Trust of Canada 32,092The Northern Trust Company - U 23,202 Total 10,776,731 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not known 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not known 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not known 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not known 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 2p each 10. Date of transaction Not known 11. Date listed company informed 14 June 2006 12. Total holding following this notification Legal Entity Holding Barclays Global Investors Limited 6,150,215Barclays Global Investors, N.A 2,448,771Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 134,997Barclays Global Fund Advisors 581,281Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 798,833Gerrard Limited 22,731Barclays Capital Securities Limited 629,475Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 10,428 Total 10,776,731 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) Legal Entity Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Limited 3.7180Barclays Global Investors, N.A 1.4803Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 0.0816Barclays Global Fund Advisors 0.3514Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 0.4829Gerrard Limited 0.0137Barclays Capital Securities Limited 0.3805Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 0.0063 Total 6.5147% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Nick GilesAssistant Company Secretary020 7881 7891 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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