10th Feb 2005 11:21
Johnson,Matthey PLC10 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1) Name of Company JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (2) Name of shareholder having a major interest AVIVA PLC (3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 BENEFICIAL INTEREST (4) Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 1,021,299BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 7,100Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 4,117,362Chase Nominees Ltd 497,183CUIM Nominee Ltd 1,273,702 (5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 944,159 (6) Percentage of issued class LESS THAN 1% (7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A (8) Percentage of issued class N/A (9) Class of Security ORDINARY £1 SHARES (10) Date of transaction 8 FEBRUARY 2005 (11) Date company informed 9 FEBRUARY 2005 (12) Total holding following this notification 6,916,646 (13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.13% (14) Any additional information N/A (15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANGELA PURTILL 020 7269 8461 (16) Name of authorised company official responsible for making thisnotification ANGELA PURTILL Date of notification: 10 FEBRUARY 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Johnson MattheyAviva