20th Dec 2006 15:00
SABMiller PLC20 December 2006 SABMiller plc NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SABMiller plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 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 Notification in respect of party named in 2. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of shares heldCapital Guardian Trust Company:State Street Nominees Limited 1,182,400Bank of New York Nominees 539,300Northern Trust 131,800Chase Manhatten 500Westpac Custodian Nominees 11,500Chase Manhatten Bank Australia Limited 1,300Chase Nominees Limited 4,176,703BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 227,500Midland Bank plc 489,700Cede & Co 75,100Deutsche Bank Mannheim 900Bankers Trust 447,200Barclays Bank 9,900Royal Trust 8,800Brown Bros. 57,500Nortrust Nominees 1,214,207MSS Nominees Limited 21,700State Street Bank & Trust Co. 102,400Citibank NA 15,900Deutsche Bank AG 700HSBC Bank plc 1,200Mellon Bank N.A 57,000Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 3,000ROY Nominees Limited 12,300Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 342,000HSBC 16,100JP Morgan Chase Bank 354,100 Capital International Limited:State Street Nominees Limited 285,400Bank of New York Nominees 2,310,800Northern Trust 893,500Chase Nominees Limited 1,043,794Midland Bank plc 68,900Citibank London 10,000Morgan Guaranty 140,400Nortrust Nominees 1,480,600MSS Nominees Limited 46,900State Street Bank & Trust Co. 485,000Lloyds Bank 19,800Citibank 5,900Deutsche Bank AG 235,800HSBC Bank plc 428,500Mellon Bank N.A. 60,600KAS UK 25,400Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 31,900Bank One Limited 102,200JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,800Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 254,100Fortis Bank 2,500Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 2,600Nordea Bank 53,400Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 4,000 Capital International S.A.:Chase Nominees Limited 259,000Midland Bank plc 9,200State Street Bank & Trust Co. 23,300Lloyds Bank 14,600Citibank NA 4,400HSBC Bank plc 106,600JP Morgan Chase Bank 4,100Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 3,200 Capital International, Inc.:State Street Nominees Limited 160,300Bank of New York Nominees 101,300Northern Trust 6,100Chase Nominees Limited 330,700Midland Bank plc 8,100Bankers Trust 4,600Nortrust Nominees 79,400State Street Bank & Trust Co. 20,500Citibank 3,800Citibank NA 54,300State Street Australia Limited 477,018HSBC Bank plc 26,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 15,900 Capital Research and Management Company:State Street Nominees Limited 1,626,234Chase Nominees Limited 40,371,089JPM Nominees Ltd 28,000State Street Bank & Trust Co. 182,900 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 16,099,977 6. Percentage of issued class 1.07% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security US$0.10 10. Date of transaction 18 December 2006 11. Date company informed 19 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 61,416,945 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.09% of issued ordinary share capital 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Holly Richards, Company Secretarial Assistant01483 264 038 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification John Davidson, Company Secretary Date of notification 20 December 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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