24th Jan 2006 15:59
24 January 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 18 January 2006 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 17 January 2006, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 5.40%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have decreased their holding from 19,119,412 shares notified on 18 January2006 to 9,573,605 shares which equates to 5.40% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 17 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 9,573,605 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 829,584 0.47 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 679,140 0.38 Barclays Global Investors Japan 311,383 0.18 Ltd Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 19,520 0.01 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 1,467 - Gerrard Ltd 8,696 0.0 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 7,723,815 4.34 Group Holding 9,573,605 5.40 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 17 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 9,573,605 ORD GBP0.05 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -29,168 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 85,000 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 623,308 Barclays Trust Co & Others 1,467 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 102,739 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 101,431 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 5,508,556 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,988 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 135,007 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 13,775 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,745 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 52,990 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 100,162 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 238,896 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 85,334 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 156,207 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,870,532 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 140,557 JPMorgan Chase Bank 68,550 JPMorgan Chase Bank 105,492 JPMorgan Chase Bank 137,341 R C Greig Nominees Limited 5,696 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 Total 9,573,605ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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