20th Jun 2005 17:42
BG GROUP plc20 June 2005 BG Group plc20 June 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company BG Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd and their Direct and IndirectSubsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Non-beneficial The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder in FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Nominee/ Registered name Shares heldState Street Hong Kong 39,800State Street Bank and TR Co 508,800Bank of New York Europe LDN 4,731,207JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,938,343Master Trust Bank of Japan 364,556Nomura Trust & Banking 134,730Trust&Cust SVCS BK Ltd, TOKO 105,840Bank of New York Brussels 1,354,100Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 32,286,938Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 1,141,015ING Luxembourg 86,432JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,389,675National Australia Bank Melbourne 1,440,055Northern Trust London 801,190State Street Bk & Tr Co Lndn 786,815State Street Bank Australia 422,630State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo 118,932Bermuda Trust Far East HK 641,228JP Morgan, Bournemouth 58,067,841Mellon Bank N.A. 441,600JP Morgan Chase Bank 17,689,800State Street Bank & Tr Co 746,793Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 23,700Northern Trust London 338,900Bank of New York 1,006,070Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 5,902,361CIBC Mellon Trust 764,358JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,278,827Mellon Bank N.A. 3,553,419Northern Trust Co 4,479,307Royal Trust - Toronto 97,845State Street Bank & Tr Co 12,027,056Bank of New York Brussels 6,057,588Bankers Trust London 678,400Chase Manhattan London 33,700Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frankfurt 243,641Clydesdale Bank Plc 535,400Dexia Privatbank 28,100HSBC Bank Plc 863,355JP Morgan, Bournemouth 8,506,883JP Morgan Chase Bank 558,000Mellon Bank 2,655,452Midland Securities Services 340,500Northern Trust London 10,254,211Societe Generale 149,720State Str Bk and Tr Co LNDN 5,837,860State Street Munich 86,592Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 2,894,500Citibank NA 1,974,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 6,295,500Mellon Bank N.A. 5,629,500State Street Bank and TR Co 156,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 10. Date of transaction N/A 11. Date company informed 20 June 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 211,489,665 ordinary shares of 10p each 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.97% 14. Any additional information Shares in issue as at 17 June 2005 - 3,540,496,091 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Carol Inman - 0118 935 3222 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Carol InmanAssistant SecretaryBG Group plc 20 June 2005 www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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