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Charter PLC04 April 2007 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: Charter plc 2. Reason for the notification Notification of holding at 20th January 2007 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: JP Morgan Chase & Co. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): J.P. Morgan International Bank LimitedJ.P. Morgan Investment Management LimitedJP Asset Management (Taiwan) LimitedJP Asset Management LimitedJP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) LimitedJP Morgan Asset Management (UK) LimitedJP Morgan Chase Bank 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different): N/A 6. Date on which issuer notified: 6th February 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% Threshold 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering transactionusing the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights Charter plc N/A N/A(GB0001882637) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rightspossible using the ISIN CODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Charter plc 0 0 12,801,491 0 7.68(GB0001882637) B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial Period/ Date that may be acquired if theinstrument instrument is exercised/ converted. N/A Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 12,801,491 7.68 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): Total disclosable holding for JP Morgan Chase & Co: 12,801,491 voting rights(7.68%) Holdings by controlled undertakings of JP Morgan Chase & Co. are as follows: • J.P. Morgan International Bank Limited• J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.• JP Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited• JP Asset Management Limited• JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited• JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited 12,115,667 voting rights (7.27%)• JP Morgan Chase Bank Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: The Company has been notified that this notification concerns the disclosableholding as at 20th January 2007, and that the JP Morgan Chase & Co. group hasother holdings which are covered by exemptions. 14. Contact name: JP Morgan - Shoaib Shaikh - 020 7777 3603Charter plc - Nick Giles (Assistant Company Secretary) - 020 7881 7891 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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