12th Apr 2005 10:19
Kesa Electricals plc12 April 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 FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. 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 State Street Hong Kong Total 28,700 CDC Finance Total 160,705 Bank of New York Europe LDN Total 3,795,515 JP Morgan, Bournemouth total 1,212,955 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co Total 53,900 Master Trust Bank of Japan 273,976 Nomura Trust and Banking Total 66,665 Trust&Cust Svcs Bk Ltd, Toko Total 52,078 Bank of New York Brussels Total 123,700 BNP Paribas, Paris (C ) Total 112,900 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux Total 1,060,380 CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total 562,636 CITIBANK NA, HONG KONG BR Total 43,065 ING LUXEMBOURG Total 43,398 JP Morgan Bournemouth Total 1,274,700 NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total 984,694 Northern Trust London Total 543,230 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S TOTAL 428,186 State Street Bank Australia (C Total 681,429 State Street T&B Co Ltd Tokyo Total 64,254 Bermuda Trust Far East HK Total 212,195 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 20,050,552 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co Total 1,400,000 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 9,318,874 Mellon Bank N.A. Total 556,201 Northern Trust London Total 245,400 State Street Bank and TR CO Total 1,269,228 Bank of New York Total 577,400 Brown Brothers Harriman and CO Total 3,147,181 CIBC Mellon Trust Total 401,943 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 1,268,291 Mellon Bank N.A. Total 1,151,374 Northern Trust CO Total 2,224,232 Royal Trust - Toronto Total 48,145 State Street Bank and TR CO Total 6,690,895 Bank of New York Brussels Total 2,820,548 Chase Manhattan London Total 26,100 Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt (S Total 183,435 Clydesdale Bank PLC Total 195,759 Dexia Privatbank Total 20,900 HSBC Bank PLC Total 445,200 JP Morgan, Bournemouth Total 2,886,700 JP Morgan Chase Bank Total 102,800 Mellon Bank Total 749,900 Nordea Bank AB Total 57,000 Northern Trust London Total 3,725,924 Societe Generale Total 74,220 State Street BK and TR CO LNDN (S Total 1,615,895 State Street Munich Total 41,500 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 11 April 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 72,974,858 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.78% 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: 12 April 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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