2nd Aug 2005 17:00
Northumbrian Water Group PLC02 August 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Northumbrian Water Group plc. 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as trustee or investment manager ofvarious pension and trust accounts. Fidelity International Limited (FIL). Parent holding for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, beingnon-beneficial holders, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL),Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L). Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FidelityPension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward CJohnson 3d, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity InternationalLimited. 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 As 2. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Name Shares held Management CompanySTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 231,000 FICLMELLON BANK 51,200 FMRCONORTHERN TRUST LONDON 157,200 FMRCOSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 64,000 FMRCOBANK OF NEW YORK 268,300 FMTCBROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 810,300 FMTCJP MORGAN CHASE BANK 309,700 FMTCNORTHERN TRUST CO 289,400 FMTCSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 746,100 FMTCBROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD LUX 14,562,279 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 220,837 FISLJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 80,900 FILSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO LNDN 233,800 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 47,600 FILMELLON BANK 186,400 FPMJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 87,000 FPMBANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 50,400 FPMNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 138,000 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 8,900 FILDEXIA PRIVATBANK 13,200 FPMCHASE MANHATTAN BANK AG FRNKFRT 20,300 FPMJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 97,800 FILNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 528,000 FPMJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 1,062,629 FPMSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO LNDN 44,800 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 380,200 FILBANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 170,600 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 32,300 FILCHASE MANHATTAN BANK AG FRNKFRT 92,000 FPMSTATE STREET HONG KONG 18,330 FIA(K)LNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 518,234 FPMNATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 115,100 FILNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 66,285 FILSTATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 195,700 FPMJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 107,900 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 308,646 FISLNATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE 487,700 FILJP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 28,100 FPMNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 61,300 FILNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 90,400 FPMNORTHERN TRUST LONDON 4,400 FILCHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 15,500 FPMJP MORGAN CHASE BANK 62,100 FPM TOTAL 23,064,840 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposedN/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 10p. 10) Date of transaction Not disclosed. 11) Date company informed 2 August 2005. 12) Total holding following this notification 23,064,840. 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.45%. 14) Any additional information The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unittrust schemes in the U.K, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuantto section 209(1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notificationsof interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarityand efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or inconcert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required tosubmit these notifications on a joint basis.The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely wherea person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of suchrights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Martin Parker, Company Secretary, 0191 301 6746. 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Martin Parker, Company Secretary. Date of notification2 August 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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