5th Nov 2007 09:54
Banco Comercial Portugues, S.A.05 November 2007 Banco Comercial Portugues informs about JPMorgan Group qualified participation In accordance with article 17 nr. 1 of the Portuguese Securities Code (Codigodos Valores Mobiliarios), Banco Comercial Portugues, S.A. (BCP) hereby informsthat it has received a notice from JPMorgan Chase & Co., of 270 Park Avenue, NewYork, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries (the "Group") pursuant to art. 16of the above mentioned Code, informing the Group's disclosable qualifyingholdings in the issued share capital, as follows: "The total number of shares held by the Group on 30 October 2007 decreased inthe ordinary course of its trading activities to: 179,740,085 sharesrepresenting 4.977% of the issued share capital of the above company. The decrease in holding was due to transactions by its subsidiary J.P. MorganSecurities Ltd. comprising: a return of 1,100,000 borrowed shares sales totalling 700,000 shares executed on the Euronext Lisbon exchange. The entities which have the holdings are all subsidiaries of JPMorgan Chase &Co. and there is no other entity to which the holdings may be attributable. Registered Holder Number of shares Type of Instrument % of issued share % of voting rights capital J.P. Morgan 764,464 Ordinary Shares 0.021% 0.021%InvestmentManagement Inc. JPMorgan Asset 161,602 Ordinary Shares 0.004% 0.004%Management (UK)Limited J.P. Morgan 83,375,226 Ordinary shares 2.309% 2.309%Whitefriars Inc. J.P. Morgan 95,438,793 Ordinary shares and Option 2.643% 2.643%Securities Ltd. related interest TOTAL NUMBER 179,740,085 TOTAL % 4.977% 4.977% " Banco Comercial Portugues End of announcement This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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