13th Oct 2006 10:00
SABMiller PLC13 October 2006 SABMiller plc NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SABMiller plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Notification in respect of party named in 2. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of shares held Capital Guardian Trust Company: State Street Nominees Limited 849,800Bank of New York Nominees 255,300Northern Trust 101,700Chase Nominees Limited 1,909,010BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 174,400Midland Bank plc 405,700Cede & Co 62,600Bankers Trust 355,100Barclays Bank 8,900Royal Trust 8,800Brown Bros. 16,700Nortrust Nominees 948,700MSS Nominees Limited 15,400State Street Bank & Trust Co. 49,500Citibank 6,900Citibank NA 13,600HSBC Bank plc 1,200Mellon Bank N.A 57,000ROY Nominees Limited 8,600Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 284,000HSBC (Malaysia) 12,600JP Morgan Chase Bank 179,400 Capital International Limited:State Street Nominees Limited 32,200Bank of new York Nominees 727,800Northern Trust 486,500Chase Nominees Limited 609,600Midland Bank plc 44,800Citibank London 10,000Morgan Guaranty 83,700Nortrust Nominees 709,300MSS Nominees Limited 10,500State Street Bank & Trust Co. 237,800Lloyds Bank 3,300Citibank 5,900Deutsche Bank AG 3,900HSBC Bank plc 249,400Mellon Bank N.A. 35,800Northern Trust AVFC 53,100KAS UK 10,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 31,900Bank One Limited 44,000JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,800Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 99,300Fortis Bank 2,500Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 2,600Nordea Bank 20,300Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 4,000 Capital International S.A.:Chase Nominees Limited 128,600Midland Bank plc 3,700State Street Bank & Trust Co. 12,300Lloyds Bank 5,800Citibank NA 4,400HSBC Bank plc 40,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 4,100Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 3,200 Capital International, Inc.:State Street Nominees Limited 278,800Bank of New York Nominees 101,300Northern Trust 6,100Chase Nominees Limited 330,700Midland Bank plc 8,100Bankers Trust 4,600Nortrust Nominees 43,300State Street Bank & Trust Co. 20,500Citibank 3,800Citibank NA 54,300HSBC Bank plc 10,100JP Morgan Chase Bank 15,900 Capital Research and Management Company:State Street Nominees Limited 1,119,234Chase Nominees Limited 33,679,724JPM Nominees Ltd 28,000State Street Bank & Trust Co. 164,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired This is the first notification received from this shareholder as a result oftheir holding exceeding 3%. 6. Percentage of issued class Registered Holder % heldCapital Guardian Trust Company 0.381Capital International Limited 0.235Capital International S.A. 0.014Capital International, Inc. 0.058Capital Research and Management Company 2.332 ---------- 3.02 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security US$0.10 10. Date of transaction 10 October 2006 11. Date company informed 12 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 45,316,968 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.02% of issued ordinary share capital 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Holly Richards, Company Secretarial Assistant01483 264 038 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification John Davidson, Company Secretary Date of notification 13 October 2006 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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