31st Jan 2006 15:06
31 January 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 27 January 2006 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 26 January 2006, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 3.99%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have decreased their holding from 7,534,160 shares notified on 30 January2006 to 7,078,398 shares which equates to 3.99% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 26 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 7,078,398 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 60,730 0.03 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,450,822 3.07 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 1,467 0.00 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 542,925 0.31 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 789,302 0.44 Barclays Global Investors Japan 224,456 0.13 Ltd Gerrard Ltd 8,696 0.01 Group Holding 7,078,398 3.99% REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 26 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 7,078,398 ORD GBP0.05 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -50,076 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -20,908 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 528,909 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 85,000 Barclays Trust Co & Others 1,467 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 102,739 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 101,431 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,235,563 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 127,959 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,988 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,455 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,975 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 52,990 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 226,424 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 100,162 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 80,411 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 140,368 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,870,532 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 140,557 JPMorgan Chase Bank 104,164 JPMorgan Chase Bank 46,458 JPMorgan Chase Bank 73,834 R C Greig Nominees Limited 5,696 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 The Northern Trust Co 43,300 Total 7,078,398ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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