Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

30 Dec 2005 12:47

Johnston Press PLC30 December 2005 Johnston Press plc ("the Company") DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 27 December 2005 that The Capital GroupCompanies, Inc on behalf of its affiliates including Capital International SA,Capital International Limited, Capital International Inc and Capital GuardianTrust Company have an interest in 11,438,463 ordinary shares of 10p each of theCompany. This represents 4.001% of the issued share capital of the Company. The holdings are registered in the following names:- Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Holder Number of SharesState Street Nominees Limited 991,500Bank of New York Nominees 580,700Northern Trust 83,354Chase Manhattan Bank Australia Limited 5,500Chase Nominees Limited 3,872,412BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 74,900Midland Bank plc 682,299Cede & Co 30,900Deutsche Bank Mannheim 1,300Bankers Trust 40,300Barclays Bank 75,000Citibank London 6,300Royal Trust 11,000Nortrust Nominees 677,900Royal Bank of Scotland 4,500MSS Nominees Limited 6,500State Street Bank & Trust Co 14,500RBSTB Nominees Ltd 2,800Citibank NA 15,500Deutsche Bank AG 2,500Mellon Bank NA 39,200ROY Nominees Limited 13,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 442,400HSBC 1,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 160,149 Total 7,836,214 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of SharesBank of New York Nominees 160,500Northern Trust 78,400Nortrust Nominees 183,449Royal Bank of Scotland 95,900Mellon Bank NA 9,900Total 528,149 Capital International SA Registered Holder Number of SharesChase Nominees Limited 940,300Barclays Bank 178,000HSBC Bank plc 35,300 Total 1,153,600 Capital International Inc Registered Holder Number of SharesState Street Nominees Limited 979,000Bank of New York Nominees 40,000Chase Nominees Limited 57,700Midland Bank plc 124,800Brown Bros 119,200Royal Bank of Scotland 70,300Sumitomo Trust & Banking 27,300RBSTB Nominees Ltd 30,100State Street Australia Limited 39,200HSBC Bank Plc 96,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 336,200 Total 1,920,500 30 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange