25th Apr 2005 16:11
Johnson Matthey PLC25 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1) Name of Company JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (2) Name of shareholder having a major interest AXA S.A. (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 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867815 126,086HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867396 480,702HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867530 185,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867372 1,088,396HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 776934 1,600,000HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 867050 400,000Smith & Williamson Nominees Ltd a/c S66 19,165BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited 45,770Sun Life International Isle of Man Ltd a/c SLI 11 150,000Axa Sun Life plc 2,175,000Chase Nominees Limited a/c 13067 315,000Chase Nominees Limited a/c BT01C 20,000 (5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired NOT KNOWN (6) Percentage of issued class NOT KNOWN (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 NOT KNOWN (11) Date company informed 19 APRIL 2005 (12) Total holding following this notification 6,612,468 (13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.01% (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: 25 APRIL 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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