24th Aug 2006 16:46
24 August 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 22 August 2006 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 21 August 2006, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 6.05%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 8,839,777 shares notified on 1 August2006 to 10,538,462 shares which equates to 6.05 % of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 21 August 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 10,538,462 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 2,822,667 1.6217% Barclays Global Investors Japan 288,261 0.1656% Ltd Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,670,440 3.2579% Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 733 0.0004% Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 557,640 0.3204% Gerrard Ltd 55,219 0.0317% Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 962,689 0.5531% Barclays Global Investors 180,813 0.1039% Australia Ltd Group Holding 10,538,462 6.0547% REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 21 August 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 1`0,538,462 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES 805,692LIMITED BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES 156,997LIMITED Barclays Trust Co & Others 733 BNP PARIBAS 33,938 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 164,228 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 85,201 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,551,020 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 321,931 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 67,583 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,988 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 26,097 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 552,941 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 45,374 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,300,784 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 176,106 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 166,455 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,666 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,353 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 47,681 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 150,195 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 102,203 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 45,838 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 83,152 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,412,277 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 135,783 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 180,813 JPMorgan Chase Bank 101,676 JPMorgan Chase Bank 131,342 JPMorgan Chase Bank 55,243 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 58,289 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 35,376 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 72,944 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 87,833 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 16,860 R C Greig Nominees Limited 52,219 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 66,994 STATE STREET BOSTON 63,229 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 59,703 The Northern Trust Company - U 41,725 Total 10,538,462ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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