17th Aug 2005 09:16
BPB PLC17 August 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company BPB plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 Holdings through the following legal entities: Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd;Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking; Barclays Global Investors,N.A.; Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd;Barclays Global Fund Advisors; Gerrard Ltd; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd;Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd; and Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Bank of Ireland 15,208BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 2,988,419Barclays Trust Co & Others 1,400Barclays Trust Co DMC69 19,000Barclays Trust Co R69 3,000BNP PARIBAS 50,863CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C 16376 270,301CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C 20947 181,373CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C 21359 71,448CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 30,177Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c ER1 58,100Greig Middleton Nominees Limited a/c GM1 260,260Greig Middleton Nominees Limited a/c GM3 40,000IBT - CANADA 14,973INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 7,536INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,117,972INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 97,240INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 96,990INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 13,757INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,519,627INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 696INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 27,234INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 114,222INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,472INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 251,355INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 586,426INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 541,056INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,482INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 340,919INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,530,106INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 23,236JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16331 147,995JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16338 29,216JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16341 4,827JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16341 266,933JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16342 61,427JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16344 10,153JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16345 13,243JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 16400 4,797,891JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) A/C 18409 354,990JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 303,462JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 85,950JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,566JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,412JPMorgan Chase Bank 70,142JPMorgan Chase Bank 263,514JPMorgan Chase Bank 92,656JPMorgan Chase Bank 66,278JPMorgan Chase Bank 53,132JPMorgan Chase Bank 21,146JPMorgan Chase Bank 13,578JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 15,114JPMorgan Chase Bank 50,539JPMorgan Chase Bank 125,262JPMorgan Chase Bank 188,112JPMorgan Chase Bank 32,232JPMorgan Chase Bank 159,441JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,144Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN 76,019Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN 68,142MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 95,476Mitsubishi Trust International 3,219NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 111,890NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 97,435NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 25,712R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c RC1 1,003,174R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 293,868R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 38,640R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 30,305R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c GP1 53,329R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1 73,556State Street 8,719STATE STREET BOSTON 38,574STATE STREET BOSTON 301,668STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 34,387 TOTAL 20,879,316 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not disclosed 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not disclosed 8 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not disclosed 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 50p each 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date listed company informed 16 August 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 20,879,316 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 4.16% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Stephen Hodges 01753 898816 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification Stephen Hodges, Assistant Secretary Date of notification 17 August 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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