9th Oct 2006 17:36
Charter PLC09 October 2006 Charter plc 9 October 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed Company Charter plc 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Barclays PLC through the following legal entities: Barclays Global Fund Advisors Gerrard Limited Barclays Capital Inc Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited Barclays Capital Securities Limited Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited Barclays Global Investors Limited Barclays Global Investors, N.A 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 In respect of shareholder 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 Account Holding Designation (if known)Bank Of New York 11,547Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 51,600Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 1,091,959Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 175,219Barclays Global Investors Canada 12,478BNP Paribas 19,571Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361 155,885Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 84,195Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 3,625,399Chase Nominees Ltd 21359 202,919Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 57,456Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 116,253CIBC Mellon Global Securities 14,973Investors Bank And Trust Co. 508,624Investors Bank And Trust Co. 4,587Investors Bank And Trust Co. 9,750Investors Bank And Trust Co. 49,551Investors Bank And Trust Co. 54,719Investors Bank And Trust Co. 9,977Investors Bank And Trust Co. 1,497Investors Bank And Trust Co. 50,742Investors Bank And Trust Co. 2,479Investors Bank And Trust Co. 319,799Investors Bank And Trust Co. 25,757Investors Bank And Trust Co. 737,571Investors Bank And Trust Co. 17,243Investors Bank And Trust Co. 168,782Investors Bank And Trust Co. 14,722Investors Bank And Trust Co. 27,724Investors Bank And Trust Co. 801,445JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 31,012JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 92,882JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 266,047JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 83,565JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 155,785JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 704,354JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16482 741,172JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 130,276JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,794JPMorgan Chase Bank 9,994JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,544JPMorgan Chase Bank 89,954JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,378JPMorgan Chase Bank 8,390JPMorgan Chase Bank 24,087JPMorgan Chase Bank 16,693JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,340JPMorgan Chase Bank 18,008JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,537JPMorgan Chase Bank 99,557JPMorgan Chase Bank 14,432JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,255Mellon Trust - Us Custodian 6,503Mellon Trust - Us Custodian 33,537Mellon Trust Of New England 19,998Mitsui Asset 2,603Northern Trust Bank - BGI Sepa 50,368Northern Trust Bank - BGI Sepa 38,163R C Greig Nominees Limited 9,140R C Greig Nominees Limited A/C AK1 1,200R C Greig Nominees Limited A/C BL1 1,200R C Greig Nominees Limited Sa1 6,336State Street Bank & Trust - Wi 17,909State Street Bank And Trust Co 14,500State Street Boston 79,645State Street Boston 36,261State Street Trust Of Canada - 34,275The Northern Trust Company - U 24,221Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,601UBS (Master) 214,286 Total 11,539,225 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not known 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not known 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not known 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not known 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 2p each 10. Date of transaction Not known 11. Date listed company informed 6 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification Legal Entity HoldingBarclays Global Investors Ltd 5,644,200Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 803,000Barclays Capital Inc 51,600Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 186,931Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 113,989Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 2,853,469Barclays Global Fund Advisors 572,512Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 15,992Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,267,178Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 12,478Gerrard Ltd 17,876Group Holding 11,539,225 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) Legal Entity Percentage HeldBarclays Global Investors Ltd 3.3886Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 0.4821Barclays Capital Inc 0.0309Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 0.1122Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 0.0684Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1.7131Barclays Global Fund Advisors 0.3437Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 0.0096Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 0.7607Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 0.0074Gerrard Ltd 0.0107Group Holding 6.9274 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries 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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