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BG GROUP plc04 April 2005 BG Group plc 4 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company BG Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd and their Direct and IndirectSubsidiaries 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 Non-beneficial The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder in FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them State Street Hong Kong 39,800Bank of New York - Europe LDN 4,399,907JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,836,843Master Trust Bank of Japan 398,330Nomura Trust & Banking 134,730Trust & Crust SVCS BK Ltd, TOKO 105,840Bank of New York, Brussels 205,200Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux 31,015,638Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt 1,141,015Citibank NA, Hong Kong BR 90,700ING Luxembourg 86,432JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,395,175National Australia Bank Melbourne 1,350,127Northern Trust London 801,190State Street Bk & Tr Co Lndn 745,915State Street Bank Australia 1,388,400State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo 118,932Bermuda Trust Far East HK 739,628JP Morgan Bournemouth 55,061,791Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 1,771,200JP Morgan Chase Bank 5,669,000Mellon Bank NA 2,182,600Northern Trust London 338,900State Street Bank & Tr Co 767,593Bank of New York 1,015,370Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 5,500,761CIBC Mellon Trust 804,958JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,278,827Mellon Bank NA 2,900,022Northern Trust Co 4,983,907Royal Trust - Toronto 97,845State Street Bank & Tr Co 12,245,456Bank of New York Brussels 7,050,588Bankers Trust London 631,900Chase Manhattan London 33,700Chase Manhattan Bk AG Frankfurt 246,341Citibank London 588,700Clydesdale Bank Plc 507,300Dexia Private Bank 28,100HSBC Bank Plc 573,255JP Morgan Bournemouth 7,711,483JP Morgan Chase Bank 558,000Mellon Bank 2,469,252Midland Securities Services 318,800Nordea Bank AB 76,950Northern Trust London 9,742,511Societe Generale 149,720State Str Bk and Tr Co LNDN 4,511,336State Street Munich 86,592 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 10. Date of transaction N/A 11. Date company informed 1 April 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 178,856,760 ordinary shares of 10p each 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.05% 14. Any additional information Shares in issue as at 1 April 2005 - 3,539,133,855 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Simon Smith - 0118 935 3222 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Carol Inman Assistant Secretary BG Group plc 4 April 2005 www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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