7th Sep 2006 11:29
Kesa Electricals plc07 September 2006 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 The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital International, Inc., Capital Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A., Capital Guardian Trust Company and Capital International Limited. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse 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 of shares held by each of them (A) Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 477,700 Bank of New York Nominees 645,700 Chase Nominees Limited 1,138,700 Nortrust Nominees 290,100 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 104,100 Total 2,656,300 (B) Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 49,800 Bank of New York Nominees 2,417,367 Northern Trust 807,100 Chase Nominees Limited 1,476,600 Midland Bank plc 85,700 Morgan Guaranty 205,700 Nortrust Nominees 1,090,200 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 365,878 Citibank NA 588,400 HSBC Bank plc 667,100 Mellon Bank N.A, 99,400 KAS UK 55,100 Bank One London 85,300 Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 526,800 Nordea Bank 111,600 Total 8,632,045 (C) Capital International, S.A. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Chase Nominees Limited 690,900 Midland Bank plc 20,200 Pictet & Cie, Geneva 81,200 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 46,700 Lloyds Bank 31,600 HSBC Bank plc 215,600 Total 1,086,200 (D) Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Nortrust Nominees 140,000 HSBC Bank plc 56,100 Total 196,100 (E) Capital Research and Management Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 4,446,700 Chase Nominees Limited 35,235,856 State Street Bank & Trust Co., 243,000 Total 39,925,556 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 7 September 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 52,496,201 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.913% 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: 7 September 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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