25th Aug 2006 14:48
Northumbrian Water Group PLC25 August 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of listed company 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Northumbrian Water Group plc Barclays PLC 3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) indicates that it is regarding and, if more than one holder, the the holding of the shareholder number of shares held by each of named in 2 above; in respect of a them non-beneficial interest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 As 2 above See schedule below 5. Number of 6. Percentage of 7. Number of 8. Percentage of shares/amount issued class shares/amount issued class of stock (any treasury of stock (any treasury acquired shares held by disposed shares held by the listed the listed company should company should not be taken not be taken into account into account when when calculating calculating percentage) percentage) Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed 9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date listed transaction company informed Ordinary 10 pence shares 21 August 2006 25 August 2006 12 Total holding following this 13 Total percentage holding of issued notification class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 3.84% 19,904,997 14 Any additional 15 Name of contact and telephone information number for queries: Jayne Powell, 0191 3016704 Legal Entity report shown below Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsiblefor making this notification: Jayne Powell, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification: 25 August 2006 SCHEDULE OF REGISTERED HOLDERSRegistered Name Shares heldBank of Ireland a/c 426353 852,521Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore) 3,500Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 205,000Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 285,304Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 819,710Barclays Trust Co E99 3,872Barclays Trust Co R69 1,300BNP Paribas 36,958Boiss Nominees Ltd 4224361 364,160Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 196,332Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 8,509,167Chase Nominees Ltd 21359 410,537Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 96,431Chase Nominees Ltd 28270 136,343CIBC Mellon Global Securities 42,459Investors Bank and Trust Co 1,648,973Investors Bank and Trust Co 61,812Investors Bank and Trust Co 701,283Investors Bank and Trust Co 419,221Investors Bank and Trust Co 28,931JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 88,970JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 218,033JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 225,250JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 94,098JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 155,159JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 3,118,518JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409 298,241JP Morgan Chase Bank 232,221Mellon Trust US Custodian 80,223Mellon Trust of New England 48,429Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 120,453Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 79,847Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 20,656R C Greig Nominees Ltd 21,100R C Greig Nominees Ltd a/c BL1 2,815R C Greig Nominees Ltd a/c CM1 3,115R C Greig Nominees Ltd a/c SA1 3,000State Street Bank & Trust - WI 45,343State Street Boston 86,386State Street Trust of Canada 81,669The Northern Trust Company - U 57,657 TOTAL 19,904,997 LEGAL ENTITY REPORTLegal Entity Holding Percentage heldBarclays Global Investors Limited 13,749,476 2.6511Barclays Capital Inc 205,000 0.0395Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 232,221 0.0448Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited 5,172 0.0010Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited 3,500 0.0007Barclays Capital Securities Limited 1,105,014 0.2131Gerrard Limited 30,030 0.0058Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited 1,014,284 0.1956Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 3,560,300 0.6865Group Holding 19,904,997 3.8381 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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