3rd Oct 2007 12:07
Kesa Electricals plc03 October 2007 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | Kesa Electricals plc ||issuer of existing shares to which voting rights| ||are attached: | |+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+|2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result | ||in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are| ||attached | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+|Other (please specify) | |+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to |Capital Research and Management Company ||notification obligation: | |+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | ||different from 3): | |+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|5. Date of transaction (and date on | 01 October 2007 ||which the threshold is crossed or | ||reached if different): | |+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 02 October 2007 |+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | ||or reached: | 5% |+----------------------------------------+-------+---------------------+-----------++----------------------------------------+-------+---------------------+-----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+--------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+|Class/type of |Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ||shares |triggering transaction | |+--------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+|If possible | | ||use ISIN +------------+------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------+|code |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting |Percentage of || |shares |voting |shares |rights |voting rights || | |rights | | | || +------------+------------+------------+---------------------+-------------------+| | | | Indirect |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |+--------------+------------+------------+------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+|GB0033040113 |26,377,556 |26,377,556 |26,694,533 | |26,694,533 | | 5.041% |+--------------+------------+------------+------------+--------+------------+--------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+------------+----------+------------+------------------------------+----------+|Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |No. of voting rights that may |Percentage||financial |date |conversion |be acquired (if the instrument|of voting ||instrument | |period/ |exercised/converted) |rights || | |date | | |+------------+----------+------------+------------------------------+----------+| | | | | |+------------+----------+------------+------------------------------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+|Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+| 26,694,533 | 5.041% |+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|10. Name of proxy holder: |N/A |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |N/A |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |N/A |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+ +--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+|13. Additional |Notification using shares in issue figure of ||information: |529,553,216 |+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+|14 Contact name: |Simon Enoch || |Company Secretary - KESA Electricals plc |+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+|15. Contact | ||telephone name: |020 7269 1400 |+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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