29th Aug 2006 15:49
29 August 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 24 August 2006 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 23 August 2006, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 10.088%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 10,538,462 shares notified on 24 August2006 to 17,518,350 shares which equates to 10.088 % of the issued sharecapital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 23 August 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 17,518,350 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Gerrard Ltd 55,219 0.0318 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 2,964,855 1.7073 Barclays Global Investors Japan 288,261 0.1660 Ltd Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 948,076 0.5460 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 567,289 0.3267 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 733 0.0004 Barclays Bank PLC 622,394 0.3584 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 6,134,983 3.5329 Barclays Bank PLC 401,456 0.2312 Barclays Global Investors 180,813 0.1041 Australia Ltd Gerrard Ltd 16,801 0.0097 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 384,644 0.2215 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 4,952,826 2.8521 Group Holding 17,518,350 10.0881 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 23 August 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 17,518,350 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258227 78,501 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 150,780 BANK OF IRELAND 427057 43,519 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 622,394 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 401,456 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 83,917 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 153,445 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 323,676 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 371,739 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 46,964 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 156,957 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 791,119 Barclays Trust Co & Others 733 BNP PARIBAS 33,938 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 132,006 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 70,656 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 164,228 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 18,351 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 85,201 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 24,697 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 47,316 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 118,924 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 198,681 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 3,957,763 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 379,731 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 79,865 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 10,588 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 252,862 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28263 22,268CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 67,583 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,988 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 420,813 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 19,298 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 26,097 CITIBANK 6010640794 47,922 CITIBANK 6010782807 55,707 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 193,966 HSBC 813168 200,223 HSBC 845315 6,528 IBT 91262 63,229 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 572,686 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 239,419 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,353 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 172,152 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 45,374 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,666 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,332,647 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 47,681 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 150,195 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 102,203 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 49,946 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 88,693 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,412,277 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 58,267 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 135,783 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 19,723 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 481,417 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 81,576 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 38245 20,199 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 51,202 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 33,641 JPM FRANKFURT 39746 27,864 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 180,813 JPMorgan Chase Bank 55,243 JPMorgan Chase Bank 101,676 JPMorgan Chase Bank 131,342KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 11,391 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 309,925 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 17,031 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 61,167 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 35,376 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 152,250 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 162,500 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 52,292 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 17,453 NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 58,326 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 309,556 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 91,857 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 76,206 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 20,785 R C Greig Nominees Limited 52,219 R C Greig Nominees Limited 14,530 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 1,798AK1 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 473BL1 STATE STREET 2RJ2 16,319 STATE STREET JD12 89,590 STATE STREET JFBL 48,234 STATE STREET N3B6 40,867 STATE STREET N3YZ 7,424 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 71,915 STATE STREET BOSTON 63,229 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 62,263 The Northern Trust Company - U 41,725 Group Holding 17,518,350ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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