3rd Aug 2005 09:51
Kesa Electricals plc03 August 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 UBS AG, acting through its business group and legal entities detailed below. 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 MATERIAL UBS AG London Branch 7,195,850 UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited 2,871,136 NON-MATERIAL Ferrier Lullin & Cie SA 370 UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH 3,786,065 UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG 4,668,503 UBS AG - Zurich 33,853 UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA 4,925,685 UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. 8,350,431 UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co. 1,511,425UBS Global Asset Management (France) SA 196,200 UBS Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited 121,276 UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd 6,001,097 UBS Global Asset Management UK 15,475,175 UBS Global Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd 573,794 UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company 2,055,860 UBS Global Asset Management (US) Inc. 66,989 UBS Financial Services Inc. 64 UBS Laing and Cruickshank 25,932 UBS Wealth Management and Business Banking 521,391 UBS AG Jersey Branch 4,000 TOTAL UBS AG 58,389,241 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 August 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 58,389,241 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.05% 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: 3 August 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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