30th Mar 2006 17:00
BG GROUP plc30 March 2006 BG Group plc30 March 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company BG Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd and their Direct and IndirectSubsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Non-beneficial The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder in FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Nominee/ Registered name Shares heldBrown Brothers Harriman and Co 10,798,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 3,457,500Mellon Bank N.A. 2,745,500Citibank NA 1,974,500State Street Bank and TR Co 228,000N/A 112,429Northern Trust London 8,645,846JP Morgan Bournemouth 4,968,300Bank of New York Brussels 3,901,794State Street Bk & Tr Co Lndn 4,598,143Mellon Bank 2,898,152Bankers Trust London 687,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 594,400HSBC Bank Plc 709,355Clydesdale Bank Plc 351,800Midland Securities Services 307,600Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 362,341Societe Generale 119,720Chase Manhattan London 38,700Dexia Privatbank 41,700State Street Bank & Tr Co 12,298,998Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 6,646,561Northern Trust Co 3,793,594Mellon Bank N.A. 2,160,404JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,581,727Bank of New York 1,494,870CIBC Mellon Trust 661,574Royal Trust - Toronto 103,186JP Morgan Chase Bank 17,695,300State Street Bank & Tr Co 962,103Mellon Bank N.A. 378,200Northern Trust London 494,500Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 58,300Mellon Bank N.A. 76,861JP Morgan, Bournemouth 44,923,244Bermuda Trust Far East HK 573,411Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd LUX 8,259,073JP Morgan Bournemouth 11,161,980Bank of New York Brussels 1,189,800Chase Manhatan BK AG Frankfurt 1,089,815State Street Bank & Tr Co Lndn 950,445Northern Trust London 747,120JP Morgan, Bournemouth 715,100State Street Bank Australia 422,630National ASTL BK Melbourne 256,500Northern Trust Co 182,900ING Luxembourg 86,432Morgan Stanley London 25,941Master Trust Bank of Japan 336,336Nomura Trust and Banking 143,730Trust&Cust SVCS BK LTD,TOKO 92,630Bank of New York Europe LDN 2,734,507JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,775,665BNP Paribas, Paris 1,263,500State Street Bank and TR Co 1,387,800State Street Hong Kong 58,400 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 N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 10. Date of transaction N/A 11.Date company informed 30 March 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 175,325,217 ordinary shares of 10p each 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.98% 14. Any additional information Shares in issue (excluding shares held in Treasury) as at 30 March 2006 -3,522,128,910 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Carol Inman - 0118 935 3222 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Carol InmanAssistant SecretaryBG Group plc 30 March 2006 www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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