13th Feb 2006 09:57
Kesa Electricals plc13 February 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 International S.A., Capital Research and Management Company, 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 Ordinary Shares ------------------- ---------------------------State Street Nominees Limited 477,700 Bank of New York Nominees 476,500 Chase Nominees Limited 1,012,900 Nortrust Nominees 253,600 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 104,100 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 37,200 Total 2,362,000 (B) Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------State Street Nominees Limited 61,800 Bank of New York Nominees 3,875,300 Northern Trust 807,100 Chase Nominees Limited 2,661,700 Midland Bank plc 108,700 Citibank London 1,199,700 Morgan Guaranty 205,700 Nortrust Nominees 1,480,600 Royal Bank of Scotland 699,100 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 408,578 Deutsche Bank AG 721,900 HSBC Bank plc 722,400 Mellon Bank N.A, 75,300 KAS UK 68,400 Bank One London 85,300 Total 13,181,578 (C) Capital International, S.A. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------Chase Nominees Limited 635,300 Midland Bank plc 30,600 Royal Bank of Scotland 104,500 Lloyds Bank 39,700 HSBC Bank plc 297,900 Total 1,108,000 (D) Capital International, Inc. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------Nortrust Nominees 181,800 HSBC Bank plc 95,000 Total 276,800 (E) Capital Research and Management Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------State Street Nominees Limited 4,640,000 Chase Nominees Limited 47,110,005 State Street Bank & Trust Co., 243,000 Total 51,993,005 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 10 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 68,921,383 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.015% 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 February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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