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Kesa Electricals plc14 December 2005 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 The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital International, Inc., Capital Research and Management Company, Capital International S.A., Capital Guardian Trust Company and Capital International Limited. 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 (A) Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------State Street Nominees Limited 230,100 Bank of New York Nominees 26,600 Northern Trust 300,600 Chase Nominees Limited 672,200 Nortrust Nominees 199,900 Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 17,900 Total 1,447,300 (B) Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------State Street Nominees Limited 40,900 Bank of New York Nominees 1,754,600 Northern Trust 708,700 Chase Nominees Limited 2,137,700 Midland Bank plc 62,500 Citibank London 549,600 Morgan Guaranty 205,700 Nortrust Nominees 1,332,600 Royal Bank of Scotland 408,700 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 260,100 Deutsche Bank AG 964,200 HSBC Bank plc 672,700 Mellon Bank N.A, 110,900 KAS UK 39,300 Bank One London 85,300 Total 9,333,500 (C) Capital International, S.A. Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------Bank of New York Nominees 27,100 Chase Nominees Limited 375,100 Midland Bank plc 10,600 Royal Bank of Scotland 56,700 Lloyds Bank 22,800 HSBC Bank plc 170,900 Total 663,200 (D) Capital International, Inc.Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- --------------------------- Nortrust Nominees 105,600 HSBC Bank plc 55,200 Total 160,800 (E) Capital Research and Management Company Registered Holder Number of Ordinary Shares------------------- ---------------------------State Street Nominees Limited 4,640,000 Chase Nominees Limited 47,110,005 State Street Bank & Trust Co., 243,000 Total 51,993,005 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 13 December 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 63,597,805 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.010% 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: 14 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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