Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

12 Apr 2006 16:35

Johnston Press PLC12 April 2006 Johnston Press plc ("the Company") DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 11 April 2006 that The Capital GroupCompanies, Inc on behalf of its affiliates including Capital International SA,Capital International Inc, Capital International Limited and Capital GuardianTrust Company have an interest in 17,150,248 ordinary shares of 10p each of theCompany. This represents 5.97% 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 978,600Bank of New York Nominees 655,300Northern Trust 83,354Chase Manhattan Bank Australia Limited 5,500Chase Nominees Limited 3,942,327BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 74,900Midland Bank plc 737,099Cede & Co 36,800Deutsche Bank Mannheim 1,300Bankers Trust 40,300Barclays Bank 75,000Citibank London 6,300Royal Trust 11,000Nortrust Nominees 683,900MSS Nominees Limited 6,500State Street Bank & Trust Co 36,700Citibank NA 15,500Deutsche Bank AG 2,500HSBC Bank plc 100Mellon Bank NA 39,200ROY Nominees Limited 13,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 466,259Bank One London 2,800HSBC 1,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 160,149 Total 8,076,188 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of SharesState Street Nominees Limited 38,800Bank of New York Nominees 1,363,811Northern Trust 601,200Chase Nominees Limited 1,066,900Midland Bank plc 14,600Bankers Trust 47,900Barclays Bank 23,600Morgan Guaranty 109,000Nortrust Nominees 1,031,349State Street Bank & Trust Co 466,200Citibank NA 11,800Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 32,900HSBC Bank plc 344,700Mellon Bank NA 65,100KAS UK 16,000Bank One London 77,900JP Morgan Chase Bank 19,300Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 95,900Nordea Bank 5,200 Total 5,432,160Capital International SA Registered Holder Number of SharesBank of New York Nominees 4,100Chase Nominees Limited 984,800Midland Bank plc 13,500Barclays Bank 178,000Nortrust Nominees 4,300Morgan Stanley 5,100J P Morgan 554,900HSBC Bank plc 35,300 Total 1,780,000 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 154,900Brown Bros 119,200Sumitomo Trust & Banking 39,000State Street Australia Limited 39,200HSBC Bank Plc 96,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 336,200 Total 1,861,900 12 April 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange