3rd Feb 2005 10:20
Johnson,Matthey PLC03 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1) Name of Company JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (2) Name of shareholder having a major interest AXA S.A. (3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 BENEFICIAL INTEREST (4) Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867815 138,719HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867396 473,302HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867530 185,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867372 1,121,896HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 776934 1,486,952HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867050 252,500Smith & Williamson Nominees Ltd a/c S66 13,065BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited 43,670Sun Life International Isle of Man Ltd a/c SLI 11 300,000Axa Sun Life plc 1,894,198Chase Nominees Limited a/c 13067 315,000 (5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A (6) Percentage of issued class N/A (7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed NOT KNOWN (8) Percentage of issued class NOT KNOWN (9) Class of Security ORDINARY £1 SHARES (10) Date of transaction NOT KNOWN (11) Date company informed 2 FEBRUARY 2005 (12) Total holding following this notification 6,231,651 (13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.82% (14) Any additional information N/A (15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANGELA PURTILL 020 7269 8461 (16) Name of authorised company official responsible for making thisnotification ANGELA PURTILL Date of notification: 3 FEBRUARY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Johnson Matthey