17th Jan 2005 16:07
17 January 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received a notice dated 14 January 2005 from an official ofBarclays plc, the extract of which is as follows:"I hereby inform you that as at 10 January 2005, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 5.05%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 6,845,074 shares notified on 22 December2004 to 8,598,581 shares which equates to 5.05% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 10 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 8,598,581 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Holding Designation BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 60,374 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 100,396 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,222,047 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 146,398 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 4,604 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 39,119 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,965 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 397,384 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 134,322 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,176 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,969 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 60,089 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 101,242 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 70,653 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 26,865 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 44,349 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,832,448 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 87,084 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 31,580 JPMorgan Chase Bank 18,687 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,652 JPMorgan Chase Bank 25,582 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,579 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 20,931 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 26,651 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 24,587 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 7,065 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 34,312 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 300 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 750 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,421 Total 8,598,581 COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 10 January 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 8,598,581 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Gerrard Ltd 1,050 0.0006 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 303,198 0.1781 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 60,374 0.0355 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 1,421 0.0008 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 711,085 0.4178 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 7,388,373 4.3407 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 101,500 0.0596 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 31,580 0.0186 Group Holding 8,598,581 5.0517ENDRelated Shares:
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