23rd Jan 2007 14:54
23 January 2007
Notification of Share Interest
Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985
We have today received a notice dated 19th January 2007 from an official of Morgan Stanley Securities Limited (MSSL), the extract of which is as follows:
"This notification relates to the ordinary shares of the company (the "shares") and is given in fulfilment of the obligation imposed under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (The 'Act').
We hereby notify you that on 18 January 2007 Morgan Stanley Securities Limited ("MSSL") disposed of an interest in the shares with the result that MSSL and the group companies which are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL, no longer hold a notifiable interest in shares in accordance with section 198 of the Companies Act 1985.
MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of companies. Those group companies which are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms of section 203 of the Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in any shares in which MSSL is interested".
They previously held 5,576,880 shares, in Countrywide plc shares as reported on 22 January 2007.
Director/Company Secretary
Countrywide plc
COUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
CWD.L