18th Jan 2006 16:40
18 January 2006Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 13 January 2006 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 12 January 2006, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 10.78%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have decreased their holding from 21,020,731 shares notified on 9 November2005 to 19,119,412 shares which equates to 10.78% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 12 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 19,119,412 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 699,852 0.39 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,768,157 5.52 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 6,018,963 3.39 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 19,520 0.01 Barclays Global Investors Japan 311,383 0.18 Ltd Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 1,467 - Gerrard Ltd 24,908 0.01 Barclays Life Assurance Co. Ltd 829,584 0.47 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 1,436,882 0.81 Gerrard Ltd 8,696 - Group Holding 19,119,412 10.78% REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 12 January 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 19,119,412 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258227 108,445 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 229,861 BANK OF IRELAND 427057 43,519 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 121,240 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 5,720 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 811,522 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 126,468 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 771,199 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 906,597 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 78,458 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 46,964 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 644,020 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 85,000 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -29,168 BARCLAYS TRUST CO. & OTHERS 1,467 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 70,635 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 102,739 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 25,512 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 101,431 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 24,697 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 22,082 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 57,742 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 337,495 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 198,681 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 7,552,898 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 126,849 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 10,588 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 179,890 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 135,007 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 60,988 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 19,298 CITIBANK 6010640794 43,961 CITIBANK 6010782807 66,133 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 303,416 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited 1,232(GM1) HSBC 813168 218,147 HSBC 845315 4,572 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,745 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 13,775 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 52,990 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 238,896 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 100,162 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 85,334 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 156,207 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,870,532 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 66,664 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 42,021 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 139,103 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 27,783 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 140,557 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 25,722 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 529,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 11,046 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 51,202 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 33,641 JPM FRANKFURT 27717 2,690 JPMorgan Chase Bank 137,341 JPMorgan Chase Bank 105,492 JPMorgan Chase Bank 68,550 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 11,391 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 119,867 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 54,369 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 334,709 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 256,188 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 56,289 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 52,834 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 17,453 NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 13,194 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 466,526 R C Greig Nominees Limited 18,737 R C Greig Nominees Limited 5,696 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 2,153AK1 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 3,000AK1 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 130BL1 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 2,656 STATE STREET 2RJ2 18,492 STATE STREET JD12 81,085 STATE STREET JFBL 50,538 TOTAL 19,119,412ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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