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Shaftesbury PLC09 December 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Shaftesbury PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp Fidelity International Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Non-beneficial 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them JP Morgan 3,533,057Mellon Bank NA 327,000Citibank 258,000Bankers Trust 149,800Midland Security Services 69,100Northern Trust London 2,520,468Clydesdale Bank 22,800State Street Bank & Trust 2,809,801Bank of New York Brussels 456,200HSBC Bank PLC 566,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 368,573 6. Percentage of issued class 0.88% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 8. Percentage of issued class 9. Class of security Ordinary 25p shares 10. Date of transaction 11. Date company informed 9 December 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 10,712,226 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.10% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Brian Bickell 020 7333 8118 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Brian Bickell Date of notification 9 December 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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