4th Nov 2005 09:57
Kesa Electricals plc04 November 2005 KESA ELECTRICALS PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARESAll 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 1,650,857 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,590,300 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 548,472 Bank of New York Brussels 524,657 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 6,020 HSBC Bank PLC 25,100 Chase Manhattan London 24,000 Dexia Privatbank 20,900 State Street Bank and TR CO 1,777,957 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 1,402,906 Northern Trust Co. 503,616 JP Morgan Chase Bank 478,291 Bank of New York 479,200 Mellon Bank N.A. 100,105 CIBC MELLON TRUST 45,743 Royal Trust - Toronto 5,745 JP Morgan Chase Bank 7,300,000 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 1,400,000 Northern Trust London 258,100 State Street Bank and TR CO 108,836 Mellon Bank N.A. 80,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,114,423 Bermuda Trust Far East 6,600 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 706,642 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 661,335 Northern Trust London 263,330 Bank of New York Brussels 261,200 State Street Bank and TR Co Ldn 251,506 Chase Manhattan Bank Frankfurt 67,440 STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 25,027 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 23,369 NORTHERN TRUST CO 11,200 STATE STREET T&B CO LTD TOKYO 6,854 ING LUXEMBOURG 5,198 MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 99,614 NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 7,965 TRUST&CUST SVCS BK LTD, TOKYO 6,278 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 3 November 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 30,778,636 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.81% 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: 4 November 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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