12th Jan 2007 13:21
12 January 2007
Notification of Share Interest
Sections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985
We have today received the following notice dated 9 January 2007 from an official of UBS AG, the extract of which is as follows:
"Pursuant Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, we write to inform you that as at the close of its business on 9 January 2007, UBS AG, acting through its business group and legal entities detailed below, had an interest in 16,124,346 Ordinary Shares of Countrywide plc representing 9.43% of the issued share capital of the Company (170,851,990).
None of the Relevant Shares are shares in which UBS AG is interested by virtue of Section 208(5) of the Act.
UBS business group/legal entity Breakdown of position held (%)
UBS AG London Branch 15,000,000 8.78% shares UBS Global Asset Management Life 947,684 0.55% Limited Shares UBS Securities LLC 176,662 0.01% Shares UBS AG - Total 16,124,346 9.43% " shares
They have increased their holding from 13,904,488 shares reported on 10 January 2007, to 16,124,346 shares which equates to 9.43% of the issued share capital.
Director/Secretary
Countrywide plc
COUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
CWD.L