28th Dec 2006 09:01
Kesa Electricals plc28 December 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 354,800 Bank of New York Nominees 382,200 Chase Nominees Limited 532,800 Nortrust Nominees 97,000 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 80,000 Total 1,446,800 (B) Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 11,700 Bank of New York Nominees 1,082,067 Northern Trust 807,100 Chase Nominees Limited 1,297,220 Midland Bank plc 31,000 Morgan Guaranty 205,700 Nortrust Nominees 829,600 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 139,600 Citibank NA 235,700 HSBC Bank plc 609,800 Mellon Bank N.A, 99,400 KAS UK 19,700 Bank One London 85,300 Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 204,500 Nordea Bank 39,800 Total 5,698,187 (C) Capital International, S.A. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Chase Nominees Limited 182,800 Midland Bank plc 7,500 Pictet & Cie, Geneva 32,600 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 14,100 Lloyds Bank 11,300 HSBC Bank plc 79,600 Total 327,900 (D) Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Nortrust Nominees 51,800 HSBC Bank plc 20,000 Total 71,800 (E) Capital Research and Management Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 4,446,700Chase Nominees Limited 17,585,856State Street Bank & Trust Co., 243,000Total 22,275,556 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 27 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 29,820,243 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.631% 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: 28 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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