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Charter PLC30 October 2006 Charter plc 30 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 Investors Japan LimitedBarclays Life Assurance Co LimitedBarclays Global Investors Canada LimitedBarclays Capital Securities LimitedBarclays Global Investors Japan Trust & BankingBarclays Global Investors Australia LimitedBarclays Global Fund AdvisorsBarclays Global Investors NABarclays Global Investors LimitedBarclays Capital IncGerrard Limited 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 Designation Holding (if known)Bank Of New York 11,547Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 147,600Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 1,376,294BNP Paribas 22,594Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 12,478Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361 156,975Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 84,724Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 3,565,516Chase Nominees Ltd 21359 202,919Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 161,873CIBC Mellon Global Securities 17,159Investors Bank And Trust Co. 577,688Investors Bank And Trust Co. 2,433,613JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 31,012JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 341,662JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 76,445JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 146,431JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 676,090JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16482 743,952JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 131,387JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,255JPMorgan Chase Bank 140,277JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,788JPMorgan Chase Bank 187,794Mellon Trust Of New England 23,136Mellon Trust - US Custodian 45,552Mitsui Asset 2,976Northern Trust Bank - BGI Sepa 102,791R C Greig Nominees Limited 7,940R C Greig Nominees Limited A/C AK1 975R C Greig Nominees Limited A/C BL1 1,200R C Greig Nominees Limited Sa1 6,336State Street Bank & Trust - Wi 29,808State Street Boston 118,323State Street Trust Of Canada - 39,587The Northern Trust Company - U 27,955Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,601Total 11,671,253 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 27 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification Legal Entity HoldingBarclays Global Investors Japan Limited 16,365Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 757,423Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 12,478Barclays Capital Securities Limited 1,376,294Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 187,794Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 140,277Barclays Global Fund Advisors 577,688Barclays Global Investors NA 2,877,320Barclays Global Investors Limited 5,561,563Barclays Capital Inc 147,600Gerrard Limited 16,451Group Holding 11,671,253 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 Japan Limited 0.0098Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 0.4547Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 0.0075Barclays Capital Securities Limited 0.8263Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 0.1127Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 0.0842Barclays Global Fund Advisors 0.3468Barclays Global Investors NA 1.7275Barclays Global Investors Limited 3.3390Barclays Capital Inc 0.0886Gerrard Limited 0.0099Group Holding 7.007 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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