Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

31 Jul 2006 11:19

Johnston Press PLC31 July 2006 Johnston Press plc ("the Company") DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 28 July 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 16,964,773 ordinary shares of 10p each of theCompany. This represents 5.902% of the issued share capital of the Company. The holdings are registered in the following names:- Capital Guardian Trust CompanyRegistered Holder Number of Shares State Street Nominees Limited 1,002,700Bank of New York Nominees 683,900Northern Trust 83,354Chase Manhattan Bank Australia Limited 5,500Chase Nominees Limited 3,330,252BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 79,800Midland Bank plc 607,199Cede & Co 44,000Deutsche Bank Mannheim 1,300Bankers Trust 40,300Nortrust Nominees 474,400MSS Nominees Limited 6,500State Street Bank & Trust Co 41,100Citibank NA 15,500Deutsche Bank AG 2,500HSBC Bank plc 100Mellon Bank NA 39,200ROY Nominees Limited 13,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 148,359HSBC 1,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 160,149 Total 6,780,913 Capital International LimitedRegistered Holder Number of SharesState Street Nominees Limited 89,600Bank of New York Nominees 1,710,311Northern Trust 893,400Chase Nominees Limited 1,267,400Midland Bank plc 21,500Bankers Trust 69,100Barclays Bank 31,500Morgan Guaranty 133,400Nortrust Nominees 1,076,949MSS Nominees Limited 26,000State Street Bank & Trust Co 198,800Lloyds Bank 14,500Citibank NA 17,300Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 44,000HSBC Bank plc 428,300Mellon Bank NA 86,800KAS UK 23,300Bank One London 128,300JP Morgan Chase Bank 29,700Raiffelsen Zentral Bank 62,200Nordea Bank 9,600 Total 6,361,960 Capital International SARegistered Holder Number of SharesBank of New York Nominees 7,700Chase Nominees Limited 966,400Midland Bank plc 19,800Barclays Bank 178,000Nortrust Nominees 8,000Morgan Stanley 9,500J P Morgan 701,900HSBC Bank plc 35,300 Total 1,926,600 Capital International IncRegistered 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 72,600HSBC Bank Plc 96,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 336,200 Total 1,895,300 31 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange