13th Oct 2005 10:39
Kesa Electricals plc13 October 2005 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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. 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 Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares Northern Trust London 1,687,157 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,590,300 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 867,372 Bank of New York Brussels 576,457 Mellon Bank 212,300 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 183,435 HSBC BANK PLC 111,100 JP Morgan Chase Bank 102,800 Clydesdale Bank PLC 42,400 Societe Generale 26,820 Chase Manhattan London 24,000 State Street Munich 22,100 Dexia Privatbank 20,900 State Street Bank and TR CO 3,827,295 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 2,336,381 Northern Trust Co. 1,305,716 JP Morgan Chase Bank 829,591 Bank of New York 531,100 Mellon Bank N.A. 442,905 CIBC MELLON TRUST 202,643 Royal Trust - Toronto 25,545 JP Morgan Chase Bank 7,300,000 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 1,400,000 Northern Trust London 245,400 State Street Bank and TR CO 115,236 Mellon Bank N.A. 80,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,290,423 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 849,142 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 736,500 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 309,306 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 298,636 Northern Trust London 295,130 Bank of New York Brussels 261,200 STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 110,627 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 75,369 NORTHERN TRUST CO 49,400 STATE STREET T&B CO LTD TOKYO 30,654 ING LUXEMBOURG 22,998 MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 173,014 NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 35,365 TRUST&CUST SVCS BK LTD, TOKO 27,678 BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 1,713,315 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 146,000 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 378,000 STATE STREET HONG KONG 28,700 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 12 October 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 36,969,610 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.98% 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: 13 October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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