10th Nov 2005 16:05
9 November 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 8 November 2005 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 7 November 2005, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 11.81%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have decreased their holding from 22,694,381 shares notified on 9September 2005 to 21,020,731 shares which equates to 11.81% of the issued sharecapital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 7 November 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 21,020,731 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors 12,650 0.01% Australia Ltd Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 685,548 0.39% Gerrard Ltd 24,908 0.01% Barclays Global Investors Japan 311,383 0.17% Ltd Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 1,522,287 0.86% Gerrard Ltd 9,537 0.01% Barclays Global Investors Ltd 7,009,254 3.94% Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 283,177 0.16% Barclays Global Investors Ltd 10,319,166 5.80% Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 842,821 0.47% Group Holding 21,020,731 11.81%ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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