24th Feb 2005 10:40
Kesa Electricals plc24 February 2005 KESA ELECTRICALS PLC NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES All relevant paragraphs should be completed in block capital letters. 1. Name of company Kesa Electricals plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital Research and Management Company and Capital International Limited. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 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. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (A) Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------Bank of New York Nominees 6,720 Total 6,720 (B) Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------Bank of New York Nominees 926,198 Northern Trust 351,868 Chase Nominees Limited 515,543 Bankers Trust 52,480 Morgan Guaranty 90,140 Nortrust Nominees 628,134 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 71,700 Deutsche Bank AG 238,177 HSBC Bank plc 305,424 Mellon Bank N.A. 20,307 Total 3,199,971 (C) Capital Research and Management CompanyRegistered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- --------------------------- State Street Nominees Limited 2,020,000 Chase Nominees Limited 33,160,005 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 150,000 Total 35,330,005 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Not notified. 6. Percentage of issued class Not notified. 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not notified. 8. Percentage of issued class Not notified. 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 25 pence each ("ordinary shares") 10. Date of transaction Not notified 11. Date company informed 22 February 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 38,536,696 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.277% 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Simon Enoch 020 7269 1400 16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Simon Enoch (Company Secretary) Date of notification: 24 February 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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