6th Oct 2006 17:18
6 October 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198 - 203 of the Companies Act 1985 (the `Act')We have received a notice dated 6 October 2006 from an official of CreditSuisse, the extract of which is as follows:-"We hereby notify you that on 04 October 2006, following acquisitions, theCredit Suisse ("CS") companies listed below (together the "CS companies") heldthe following interests in the issued share capital of the Company:1. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited ("CSSEL") 4,929,440 shares. CSSELheld an interest in 34,193 of these shares under section 208(5) of the act byvirtue of the right to redelivery of equivalent securities under stock lendingarrangements.2. Credit Suisse international ("CSI") 4,416 shares.3. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC ("CSSLLC") 378,800 shares.The CS Companies now hold a total interest or 5,312,656 shares being equivalentto approximately 3.11% of the issued share capital of the Company.Those Credit Suisse companies which are direct of indirect holding companies ofCSSEL, CSI and CSSLLC are, under the terms of section 203 of the Act, eachinterested by attribution in any shares in which CSSEL, CSI and CSSLLC areinterested".This is the first notification we have receivedDirector/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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