30th Jan 2006 15:11
30 January 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198 - 203 of the Companies Act 1985We have received a notice dated 25 January 2006 from an official of Prudentialplc, the extract of which is as follows:-"In reply to your request and in accordance with part VI of the Companies Act1985 (as amended) ( the "Act"), we write to inform you that Prudential plc, andcertain of its subsidiary companies, have a notifiable interest in the issuedshare capital of your company as detailed in the attached schedule.For the purposes of s210 of the Act, the address for those companies identifiedin the attached schedule is Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R OHH".They have increased their shareholding from 5,419,842 reported on 18 January2005 to 5,911,374 shares which equates to 3.33% of the issued share capital.Director/Company SecretaryCountrywide plcPercentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 177,434,369ORD GBPO.05 sharesRegistered Holder Holding Percentage Prudential plc Total notifiable interest 5,911,374 3.33% PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC + 5,365,842 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC + 545,532 The Prudential Assurance Company Limited 5,911,374 3.33% PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC 5,365,842 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC 545,532 + repeated in the columns belowENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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