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Kesa Electricals plc08 November 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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. 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 As 2 above. 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 Ordinary Shares Northern Trust London 1,640,257 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,590,300 Bank of New York Brussels 509,500 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDON (S 320,077 Mellon Bank 212,300 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 183,435 JP Morgan Chase Bank 102,800 Clydesdale Bank plc 42,400 CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 24,000 Dexia Privatbank 20,900 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 1,215,014 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 1,144,400 Bank of New York 426,000 Northern Trust Co 398,600 JP Morgan Chase Bank 371,800 JP Morgan Chase Bank 7,300,000 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 1,703,173 Northern Trust London 258,100 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 107,000 Mellon Bank N.A. 80,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 4,762,292 National Astl Bk Melbourne 691,500 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 643,100 Bank of New York Brussels 261,200 Northern Trust London 250,900 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDON (S 234,536 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 8,240 MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 78,104 BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 1,713,315 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 378,000 STATE STREET HONG KONG 28,700 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 8 November 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 26,699,943 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.04% 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: 8 November 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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