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Charter PLC01 December 2006 Charter plc 1st December 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 Advisors Gerrard Limited Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited Barclays Capital Securities Limited Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited Barclays Global Investors Limited Barclays Global Investors, N.A Barclays Capital Inc 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 shareholders 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 Holding (if known)Bank Of New York 11,547Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 147,600Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 1,378,121Barclays Global Investors Canada 12,478BNP Paribas 23,715Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361 168,420Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 87,721Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 3,501,129Chase Nominees Ltd 21359 202,919Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 161,873CIBC Mellon Global Securities 17,159Investors Bank And Trust Co. 2,501,044Investors Bank And Trust Co. 593,796JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 116,252JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 341,662JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 76,445JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 146,431JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 642,636JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16482 743,144JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 131,387JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,255JPMorgan Chase Bank 162,328JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,788JPMorgan Chase Bank 188,390Mellon Trust - Us Custodian 46,672Mellon Trust Of New England 23,136Mitsui Asset 2,976Northern Trust Bank - BGI Sepa 110,553R C Greig Nominees Limited 8,378R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 6,336R C Greig Nominees Limited A/C AK1 975R C Greig Nominees Limited A/C BL1 1,200State Street Bank & Trust - WI 37,354State Street Boston 119,386State Street Trust Of Canada - 40,909The Northern Trust Company - U 29,108Trust & Custody Services Bank 2,342Total 11,802,565 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 29th November, 2006 12. Total holding following this notification Legal Entity HoldingGerrard Ltd 16,889Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 842,663Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,378,121Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 17,106Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 162,328Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,477,356Barclays Capital Inc 147,600Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 188,390Barclays Global Fund Advisors 593,796Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 12,478Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 2,965,838Group Holding 11,802,565 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 Percentage HeldGerrard Ltd 0.0101Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 0.5059Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 0.8273Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 0.0103Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 0.0974Barclays Global Investors Ltd 3.2881Barclays Capital Inc 0.0886Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 0.1131Barclays Global Fund Advisors 0.3565Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 0.0075Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 1.7804Group Holding 7.0852 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Nick Giles Assistant Company Secretary 020 7881 7891 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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