8th May 2006 16:39
Kesa Electricals plc08 May 2006 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 UBS AG, acting through its business group and legal entities detailed below. 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 As 2 above. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of Ordinary SharesMATERIALUBS Global Asset Management Life Limited 3,448,969NON-MATERIALUBS AG Global Asset Management 33,853UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG 4,977,381UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA 5,807,770UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. 7,749,011UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co. 1,701,434UBS Global Asset Management (France) SA 126,200UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH 1,488,950UBS Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd 121,276UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd 5,724,631UBS Global Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd 573,794UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company 1,738,834UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd 22,805,699UBS AG London Branch 1,196,783UBS Financial Services Inc. 64UBS Wealth Management and Business Banking 735,356UBS AG Jersey Branch 6,000UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd 19,415TOTAL UBS AG 58,255,420 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 4th May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 58,255,420 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.00% 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: 8th May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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