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Charter PLC05 October 2006 Charter plc 4 October 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed Company Charter plc 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Barclays PLC through the following legal entities: Barclays Global Fund AdvisorsGerrard LimitedBarclays Capital IncBarclays Global Investors Japan Trust & BankingBarclays Global Investors Japan LimitedBarclays Life Assurance Co LimitedBarclays Global Investors Australia LimitedBarclays Capital Securities LimitedBarclays Global Investors Canada LimitedBarclays Global Investors LimitedBarclays Global Investors, N.A 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 In respect of shareholder named in 2. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them. Registered Holder Account designation HoldingBank of New York Not known 11,547Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd Not known 51,600Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd Not known 1,243,102BNP Paribas Not known 19,571Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361 155,885Barclays Global Investors Canada Not known 12,478Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 78,184Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 3,651,129Chase Nominees Ltd 21359 202,919Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 173,709CIBC Mellon Global Securities Ltd Not known 14,973Investors Bank and Trust Co Not known 572,512Investors Bank and Trust Co Not known 2,232,457JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 31,012JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 358,929JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 83,565JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 155,785JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 916,150JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16482 741,172JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 102,882JPMorgan Chase Bank 113,989JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,255JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,788JPMorgan Chase Bank 186,931Mellon Trust of New England 19,998Mellon Trust - US Custodian/ 40,040Mitsui Asset 2,603Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 88,531RC Greig Nominees Ltd 9,140RC Greig Nominees Ltd - SA1 6,336RC Greig Nominees Ltd -a/c AK1 1,200RC Greig Nominees Ltd -BL1 1,200State Street Bank & Trust - WI 17,909State Street Bank & Trust Co 14,500State Street Boston 115,906State Street Trust of Canada 34,275The Northern Trust Company - U 24,221Trust & Custody Services Bank 1,601UBS (Master) 214,286TOTAL 11,719,270 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not known 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not known 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not known 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not known 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 2p each 10. Date of transaction Not known 11. Date listed company informed 4 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification Legal entity HoldingBarclays Global Fund Advisors 572,512Gerrard Limited 17,876Barclays Capital Inc 51,600Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 186,931Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited 15,992Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 803,000Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 113,989Barclays Capital Securities Limited 1,243,102Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 12,478Barclays Global Investors Limited 5,848,321Barclays Global Investors, N.A 2,853,469Total 11,719,270 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) Legal entity % HeldBarclays Global Fund Advisors 0.3438Gerrard Limited 0.0107Barclays Capital Inc 0.0310Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 0.1122Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited 0.0096Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 0.4822Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 0.0684Barclays Capital Securities Limited 0.7464Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited 0.0075Barclays Global Investors Limited 3.5117Barclays Global Investors, N.A 1.7134Total 7.0369 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Nick GilesAssistant Company Secretary020 7881 7891 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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