26th Apr 2006 15:00
Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC26 April 2006 Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc24 April 2006 We have received the following notification from Brandes Investment Partners L.P ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We hereby notify you in accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act"), as amended by Section 134 of the Companies Act 1989, that: (i) at the close of business on April 21, 2006, Brandes Investment Partners L.P.("Brandes") was interested for purposes of the Act in approximately 13.96% ofWilliam Morrison Supermarkets Plc ordinary shares as defined in section 198(2)of the Act, of William Morrison Supermarkets Plc; (ii) at the close of business on April 21 2006, Brandes was interested forpurposes of the Act in 373,217,570 ordinary shares as defined in section 198(2)of the Act, of William Morrison Supermarkets Plc (the "Relevant Shares"); (iii) the registered holders of all of the Relevant Shares in which Brandes hasan interest for purposes of the Act are approximately 320 custodian banksunaffiliated with Brandes; (iv) none of the shares referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) are shares inwhich Brandes is interested by virtue of section 208(5) of the Act. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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