15th Sep 2005 11:30
Kesa Electricals plc15 September 2005 KESA ELECTRICALS PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant paragraphs should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of company Kesa Electricals plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity InternationalLimited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As 2 above. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Northern Trust London 1,939,146 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,601,100 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,416,972 Bank of New York Brussels 889,948 Mellon Bank 286,600 HSBC Bank plc 209,400 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 183,435 JP Morgan Chase Bank 102,800 Societe Generale 50,620 Clydesdale Bank PLC 49,959 State Street Munich 41,500 Chase Manhattan London 26,100 Dexia Privatbank 20,900 Northern Trust London Total 438,030 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 6,203,995 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 3,374,681 Northern Trust Co. 2,111,375 JP Morgan Chase Bank 1,245,991 Mellon Bank N.A. 834,805 Bank of New York 636,200 CIBC MELLON TRUST 381,543 Royal Trust - Toronto 48,145 JP Morgan Chase Bank 7,300,000 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 1,400,000 Northern Trust London 245,400 State Street Bank and TR CO 122,436 Mellon Bank N.A. 80,000 Northern Trust Co. 69,400 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 9,272,823 Bermuda Trust Far East HK 55,000 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 908,042 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 817,800 Chase Manhattan BK AG Frankfurt (S 562,636 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 369,286 Northern Trust London 339,930 Bank of New York Brussels 283,800 State Street Bank Australia (C 208,527 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 142,105 Northern Trust CO 93,100 STATE STREET T&B CO LTD TOKYO 57,854 ING LUXEMBOURG 43,398 Master Trust Bank of Japan 256,914 Nomura Trust and Banking 66,665 TRUST&CUST SVCS BK LTD, TOKO 52,078 Bank of New York Europe LDN 2,020,615 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 251,000 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 378,000 STATE STREET HONG KONG 28,700 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not notified. 6. Percentage of issued class Not notified. 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not notified. 8. Percentage of issued class Not notified. 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("ordinary shares") 10. Date of transaction Not notified. 11. Date company informed 15 September 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 47,080,724 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.89% 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Simon Enoch 020 7269 1400 16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Simon Enoch (Company Secretary) Date of notification: 15 September 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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