20th Jan 2005 10:33
Kesa Electricals plc20 January 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 holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse 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 of shares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares State Street Hong Kong Total 28,700 Bank of New York Europe LDN Total 3,795,515 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 952,455 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co Total 53,900 Master Trust Bank of Japan Total 247,795 Nomura Trust and Banking Total 39,665 TRUST&CUST SVCS BK LTD, TOKO Total 36,378 Bank of New York Brussels Total 123,700 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) Total 86,100 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux Total 975,120 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total 386,736 CITIBANK NA, HONG KONG BR Total 24,965 ING LUXEMBOURG Total 30,743 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 1,118,414 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total 879,394 Northern Trust London Total 314,900 RBC Global Services Total 287,085 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL 346,016 State Street Bank Australia (C Total 417,629 State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo Total 43,754 Bermuda Trust Far East HK Total 192,295 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 18,296,452 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co Total 2,632,400 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 12,463,413 Mellon Bank N.A. Total 556,201 Northern Trust London Total 245,400 State Street Bank and TR CO Total 1,306,501 Bank of New York Total 466,100 Brown Brothers Harriman and CO Total 2,069,981 CIBC Mellon Trust Total 266,593 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 912,891 Mellon Bank N.A. Total 904,178 Northern Trust CO Total 1,949,332 Royal Trust - Toronto Total 35,845 State Street Bank and TR CO Total 5,273,763 Bank of New York Brussels Total 2,704,994 Chase Manhattan London Total 24,100 Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (S Total 180,435 Clydesdale Bank PLC Total 202,659 Dexia Privatbank Total 20,900 HSBC Bank PLC Total 376,900 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 2,270,400 Mellon Bank Total 749,900 Nordea Bank AB Total 57,000 Northern Trust London Total 3,728,324 Societe Generale Total 49,420 State Street Bank and TR CO LNDN (S Total 1,135,187 State Street Munich Total 28,000 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 20 January 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 69,288,531 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.08% 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: 20 January 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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