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5 September 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received the following notice dated 2 September 2005 from anofficial of Barclays plc, the extract of which is as follows."I hereby inform you that as at 31 August 2005, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 12.71%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 20,600,253 shares notified on 10 March2005 to 22,694,381 shares which equates to 12.71% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 31 August 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listedbelow, had a notifiable interest in 22,694,381 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258180 65,188 BANK OF IRELAND 258227 95,186 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 251,449 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 84,765 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 5,720 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 705,059 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 129,390 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 728,632 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 844,235 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 95,773 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 40,752 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 491,785 BNP PARIBAS 7,572 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 81,593 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 91,009 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 78,141 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 39,395 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 101,431 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 24,697 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 22,082 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 59,308 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 296,318 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 253,117 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 8,347,109 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 185,009 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 111,135 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 11,903 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 16,786 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,982 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 60,843 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 190,423 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 162,278 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 64,945 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 267,284 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 19,298 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 4,490 CITIBANK 6010640794 43,961 CITIBANK 6010782807 65,280 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 347,599 dummy DUMMY 50,349 dummy DUMMY 593,110 dummy DUMMY 67,437 dummy DUMMY 202,740 dummy DUMMY 10,399 dummy DUMMY 16,230 dummy DUMMY 51,817 Greig Middleton Nominees Limit GM1 1,232 HSBC 813168 215,725 HSBC 845315 3,371 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 219,511 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 86,269 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,466 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,745 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 13,775 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 58,721 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 89,681 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 222,259 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 79,778 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 155,805 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,670,444 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 83,478 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 51,986 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 155,415 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 29,219 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 129,042 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 31,500 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 94,206 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 170,278 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 529,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 117,199 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 41,536 JPMorgan Chase Bank 51,108 JPMorgan Chase Bank 105,492 JPMorgan Chase Bank 86,233 JPMorgan Chase Bank 68,550 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 11,391 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 562,587 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 18,249 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 11,055 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 13,147 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 432,040 NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 11,952 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 234,816 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 56,289 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 64,811 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 17,453 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 36,779 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 451,509 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 14,523 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 3,774 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 16,788 R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 5,423 R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 18,737 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 2,153 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 3,001 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 300 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 130 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 3,509 STATE STREET 2RJ2 18,492 STATE STREET JD12 81,085 STATE STREET JFBL 50,538 STATE STREET VE4J 116,037 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 5,135 UBS dum 339,285 TOTAL 22,694,381 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 31 August 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 22,694,381 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors 41,536 0.0233 Australia Ltd Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 491,785 0.2755 Gerrard Ltd 8,724 0.0049 Barclays Global Investors Japan 311,383 0.1744 Ltd Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 1,351,022 0.7568 Gerrard Ltd 25,761 0.0144 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 10,511,176 5.8882 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 411,250 0.2304 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 8,708,277 4.8783 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 833,467 0.4669 Group Holding 22,694,381 12.7131 ENDCOUNTRYWIDE PLCRelated Shares:
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