10th Mar 2005 14:48
10 March 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received a notice dated 7 March 2005 from an official of BarclaysPLC, the extract of which is as follows:"I hereby inform you that as at 4 March 2005, Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 12.10%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 18,953,815 shares notified on 17February 2005 to 20,600,253 shares which equates to 12.10% of the issued sharecapital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 04 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,600,253 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 202,699 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 5,720 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 634,654 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 123,816 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 685,076 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 795,483 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 85,911 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 33,920 Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,128 BNP PARIBAS 20,782 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 101,162 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 88,769 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 73,181 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 72,179 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 92,785 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 27,842 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 22,082 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 61,979 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 254,884 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 265,411 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 7,674,315 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 241,025 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 104,488 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 11,903 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 16,786 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 60,843 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 254,777 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 64,378 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 153,761 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 241,085 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 15,098 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 12,522 CITIBANK 6010613363 134,797 CITIBANK 6010640794 43,961 CITIBANK 6010782807 55,348 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 347,599 HSBC 813168 197,939 HSBC 814537 13,446 HSBC 845315 3,371 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 18,459 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 591,971 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 203,608 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 16,230 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,920 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 67,437 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,776 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 60,089 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 197,804 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 101,242 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 73,602 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 137,559 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,832,448 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 121,023 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 49,447 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 149,936 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 29,219 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 84,007 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 35,269 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 105,276 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 151,863 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 529,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 107,245 JPM FRANKFURT 27717 88,016 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 52,474 JPMorgan Chase Bank 51,108 JPMorgan Chase Bank 73,066 JPMorgan Chase Bank 86,233 JPMorgan Chase Bank 68,550 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 11,391 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 552,186 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 18,249 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 31,367 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 39,210 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 387,260 NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 11,952 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 224,428 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 53,330 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 58,033 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 33,590 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 36,779 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 426,068 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 10,399 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 50,349 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 42,501 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 300 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 750 STATE STREET 2RJ2 25,261 STATE STREET JD12 80,425 STATE STREET N3B6 67,432 STATE STREET N3YZ 11,443 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,421 Group Holding 20,600,253 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL HOLDINGS COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 04 March 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,600,253 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Ltd 7,430,168 4.3633 Gerrard Ltd 1,050 0.0006 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 2,128 0.0012 Barclays Global Investors 52,474 0.0308Australia Ltd Woolwich Unit Trust Managers 1,222,648 0.718Ltd Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1,116,531 0.6557 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 570,296 0.3349 Barclays Global Investors Japan 278,957 0.1638Ltd Barclays Private Bank Ltd 1,421 0.0008 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,924,580 5.8281 Group 20,600,253 12.0972 Holding 1ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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