19th Dec 2006 09:59
Kesa Electricals plc19 December 2006 KESA ELECTRICALS PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant paragraphs should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of company Kesa Electricals plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital International, Inc., Capital Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A., Capital Guardian Trust Company and Capital International Limited. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 As 2 above. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (A) Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of OrdinaryS hares State Street Nominees Limited 354,800Bank of New York Nominees 382,200Chase Nominees Limited 532,800Nortrust Nominees 97,000State Street Bank & Trust Co. 80,000Total 1,446,800 (B) Capital International LimitedRegistered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 11,700Bank of New York Nominees 1,082,067Northern Trust 807,100Chase Nominees Limited 1,297,220Midland Bank plc 31,000Morgan Guaranty 205,700Nortrust Nominees 829,600State Street Bank & Trust Co. 139,600Citibank NA 235,700HSBC Bank plc 609,800Mellon Bank N.A, 99,400KAS UK 19,700Bank One London 85,300Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 204,500Nordea Bank 39,800Total 5,698,187 (C) Capital International, S.A.Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Chase Nominees Limited 182,800Midland Bank plc 7,500Pictet & Cie, Geneva 32,600State Street Bank & Trust Co. 14,100Lloyds Bank 11,300HSBC Bank plc 79,600Total 327,900 (D) Capital International, Inc.Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Nortrust Nominees 51,800HSBC Bank plc 20,000Total 71,800 (E) Capital Research and Management CompanyRegistered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Nominees Limited 4,446,700Chase Nominees Limited 35,235,856State Street Bank & Trust Co., 243,000Total 39,925,556 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not notified. 6. Percentage of issued class Not notified. 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not notified. 8. Percentage of issued class Not notified. 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("ordinary shares") 10. Date of transaction Not notified 11. Date company informed 18 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 47,470,243 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.964% 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Simon Enoch 020 7269 1400 16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Simon Enoch (Company Secretary) Date of notification: 19 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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