18th Jul 2006 12:05
Kesa Electricals plc18 July 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 holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse 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 of shares held by each of them Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares MATERIAL UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited 3,475,193 UBS AG London Branch 11,385,142 NON-MATERIAL UBS AG Global Asset Management 33,853 UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG 4,947,894 UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA 6,538,535 UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. 6,976,697 UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co. 1,859,641 UBS Global Asset Management (France) SA 126,200 UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH 1,479,950 UBS Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd 121,276 UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd 7,252,145 UBS Global Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd 573,794 UBS Global Asset Management Trust Company 1,643,425 UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd 20,900,917 UBS O'Connor Limited 607,893 UBS O'Connor LLC 65,000 UBS Financial Services Inc. 64 UBS Wealth Management and Business Banking 736,220 UBS AG Jersey Branch 6,000 UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd 16,609 TOTAL UBS AG 68,746,448 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 17 July 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 68,746,448 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.98% 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: 18th July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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