29 Jan 2007 17:03
29 January 2007
Transparency Obligations Directive
(Disclosure and Transparency Rules) Instrument 2006
We have today received the following notice dated 25 January 2007 from an official of Brahman Capital Corp.
In compliance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, they confirm that asa result of purchases made on 23 January 2007, Braham Capital Corp., of 655Third Avenue, 11th Floor, New York NY10017, as investment manager for variousfunds accounts, have a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares ofCountrywide plc and that such notifiable interest are held by the followingholders:Registered Holder Number of shares Percentage Bear Stearns & Co 3,168,000 1.85% Goldman Sachs & Co 1,991,800 1.17% TOTAL 5,159,800 3.02% ________ _____
This equates to 3.02% of the issued share capital of 170,856,686 shares.
This is in the first notification we have received.
Director/Secretary
Countrywide plc
COUNTRYWIDE PLC