11th Jul 2005 16:30
BG GROUP plc11 July 2005 BG Group plc11 July 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company BG Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd and their Direct and IndirectSubsidiaries 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 Non-beneficial The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder in FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Nominee/ Registered name Shares heldState Street Hong Kong 42,600State Street Bank and TR Co 541,100Bank of New York Europe LDN 4,443,307JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,760,343Master Trust Bank of Japan 364,556Nomura Trust & Banking 134,730Trust&Cust SVCS BK Ltd, TOKO 100,850Bank of New York Brussels 1,160,200Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 32,249,870Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 1,141,015ING Luxembourg 86,432JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,388,375Morgan Stanley London 20,218National Australia Bank Melbourne 1,530,255Northern Trust London 832,090State Street Bk & Tr Co Lndn 732,415State Street Bank Australia 422,630State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo 118,932Bermuda Trust Far East HK 641,228JP Morgan, Bournemouth 54,952,241Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 23,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 22,577,800Mellon Bank N.A. 441,600Northern Trust London 368,000State Street Bank & Tr Co 890,793Bank of New York 1,061,370Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 6,351,761CIBC Mellon Trust 764,358JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,309,927Mellon Bank N.A. 3,550,304Northern Trust Co 4,674,707Royal Trust - Toronto 97,845State Street Bank & Tr Co 12,594,656Bank of New York Brussels 5,624,120Bankers Trust London 706,500Chase Manhattan London 36,200Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frankfurt 262,741Clydesdale Bank Plc 366,600Dexia Privatbank 30,900HSBC Bank Plc 436,055JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,351,883JP Morgan Chase Bank 558,000Mellon Bank 2,715,452Midland Securities Services 355,300Northern Trust London 9,212,030Societe Generale 149,720State Str Bk and Tr Co LNDN 4,409,860State Street Munich 86,592State Street Bank and TR Co 222,000Mellon Bank N.A. 4,000Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 115,000Citibank NA 1,974,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 5,295,500Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 3,747,000JP Morgan Chase Bank 1,000,000Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 437,500Mellon Bank N.A. 5,625,500Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 508,500 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 10. Date of transaction N/A 11. Date company informed 8 July 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 211,601,661 ordinary shares of 10p each 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.98% 14. Any additional information Shares in issue as at 8 July 2005 - 3,541,092,119 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Carol Inman - 0118 935 3222 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Carol InmanAssistant SecretaryBG Group plc 11 July 2005 www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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