17th Feb 2005 14:55
17 February 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received a notice dated 14 February 2005 from an official ofBarclays PLC, the extract of which is as follows:"I hereby inform you that as at 11 February 2005, Barclays PLC, through thelegal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest inthe capital of your Company of 11.13%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders(as required by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 17,213,026 shares notified on 10February 2005 to 18,953,815 shares which equates to 11.13% of the issued sharecapital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 11 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 18,953,815 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Holding Designation BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 175,258 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 5,720 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 623,407 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 120,424 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 658,548 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 766,122 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 83,545 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 33,920 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 82,817 Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,128 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 95,774 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 82,733 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 71,792 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 11,617 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 92,785 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 27,842 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 22,082 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 61,979 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 254,884 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 269,755 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 7,210,521 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 234,883 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 100,818 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 11,903 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 18,911 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 60,843 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 254,777 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 148,788 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 64,378 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 230,191 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 15,098 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 6,463 CITIBANK 6010613363 117,714 CITIBANK 6010640794 43,961 CITIBANK 6010782807 55,348 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 108,043 HSBC 813168 177,223 HSBC 814537 13,446 HSBC 845315 3,371 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,965 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,969 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 137,232 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 39,119 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,176 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 398,704 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 60,089 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 188,005 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 101,242 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 66,694 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 131,869 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,832,448 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 108,366 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 46,733 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 149,936 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 29,219 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 84,007 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 35,269 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 105,276 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 146,463 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 529,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 99,644 JPM FRANKFURT 27717 41,442 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 25,536 JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,725 JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,351 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,652 JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,580 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 11,391 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 507,581 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 18,249 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 20,931 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 26,651 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 345,963 NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 11,952 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 218,421 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 53,330 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 55,400 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 33,590 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 36,779 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 415,465 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 29,337 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 7,065 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 34,312 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 300 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 750 STATE STREET 2RJ2 25,261 STATE STREET JD12 80,425 STATE STREET N3B6 44,928 STATE STREET N3YZ 11,443 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,421 Group Holding 18,953,815 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT - ALL COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 11 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 18,953,815 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,454,644 5.5522 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 124,264 .0730 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 31,580 .0185 Gerrard Ltd 1,050 .0006 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 547,899 .3217 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 2,128 .0012 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 1,215,745 .7139 Barclays Global Investors, N. A. 721,924 .4239 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 6,770,343 3.9758 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 1,421 .0008 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 82,817 .0486 Group Holding 18,953,815 11.1302ENDRelated Shares:
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