3rd Aug 2005 13:24
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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. 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 ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Hong Kong Total 28,700 State Street Bank and TR Co Total 378,000 Bank of New York Europe London Total 3,010,115 JP Morgan Bournemouth Total 585,755 Master Trust Bank of Japan Total 256,914 Nomura Trust and Banking Total 66,665 TRUST&CUST SVCS BK LTD, TOKO Total 52,078 Bank of New York Brussels Total 433,100 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux Total 142,105 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S TOTAL 562,636 ING LUXEMBOURG Total 43,398 JP Morgan Bournemouth Total 929,600 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total 997,857 Northern Trust London Total 438,030 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL 374,386 State Street Bank Australia (C Total 208,527 State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo Total 57,854 Bermuda Trust Far East HK Total 55,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 13,130,752 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co Total 1,400,000 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 7,300,000 Mellon Bank N.A. Total 80,000 Northern Trust London Total 245,400 State Street Bank and TR CO Total 122,436 Bank of New York Total 620,100 Brown Brothers Harriman and CO Total 3,375,181 CIBC Mellon Trust Total 381,543 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 1,268,291 Mellon Bank N.A. Total 834,805 Northern Trust CO Total 2,205,832 Royal Trust - Toronto Total 48,145 State Street Bank and TR CO Total 6,394,495 Bank of New York Brussels Total 2,425,248 Chase Manhattan London Total 26,100 Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (S Total 183,435 Clydesdale Bank PLC Total 104,759 Dexia Privatbank Total 20,900 HSBC Bank PLC Total 209,400 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 2,356,200 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 102,800 Mellon Bank Total 936,100 Northern Trust London Total 3,402,397 Societe Generale Total 50,620 State Street BK and TR CO LNDN (S Total 1,935,972 State Street Munich Total 41,500 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 57,823,131 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.92% 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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