25th Aug 2005 16:00
BG GROUP plc25 August 2005 BG Group plc25 August 2005 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 7,715,000JP Morgan Chase Bank 6,295,500Mellon Bank N.A. 5,641,000Citibank NA 1,974,500State Street Bank and TR Co 237,000Northern Trust London 9,513,130JP Morgan Bournemouth 6,187,161Bank of New York Brussels 5,762,796State Street Bk & Tr Co Lndn 4,387,060Mellon Bank 3,008,164Bankers Trust London 692,100JP Morgan Chase Bank 558,000HSBC Bank Plc 436,055Clydesdale Bank Plc 358,800Midland Securities Services 345,400Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 262,741Societe Generale 102,320State Street Munich 86,592Chase Manhattan London 36,200Dexia Privatbank 30,900State Street Bank & Tr Co 12,501,056Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 6,605,061Northern Trust Co 4,717,141Mellon Bank N.A. 3,207,904JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,309,927Bank of New York 1,061,370CIBC Mellon Trust 775,236Royal Trust - Toronto 97,845JP Morgan Chase Bank 23,346,300State Street Bank & Tr Co 1,259,393Mellon Bank N.A. 560,500Northern Trust London 368,000Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 23,700JP Morgan, Bournemouth 58,309,009Bermuda Trust Far East HK 496,228Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 22,051,920JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,395,075National Australia Bank Melbourne 1,530,255Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frankfurt 1,141,015Bank of New York Brussels 1,135,900Northern Trust London 756,190State Str Bk and Tr Co LNDN 670,215State Street Bank Australia 422,630State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo 118,932ING Luxembourg 86,432Morgan Stanley London 25,941Master Trust Bank of Japan 353,336Nomura Trust & Banking 143,730Trust&Cust SVCS BK Ltd, TOKO 100,850Bank of New York Europe LDN 4,331,807JP Morgan, Bournemouth 3,031,143State Street Bank and TR Co 541,100State Street Hong Kong 42,600BNP PARIBAS, Paris 1,138,500 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 24 August 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 209,286,660 ordinary shares of 10p each 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.91% 14. Any additional information Shares in issue as at 24 August 2005 - 3,541,892,283 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 25 August 2005 www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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