Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

23 Feb 2006 17:27

Johnston Press PLC23 February 2006 Johnston Press plc ("the Company") DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION The Company received notification on 22 February 2006 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 15,745,493 ordinary shares of 10p each of theCompany. This represents 5.493% 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 642,200Northern Trust 83,354Chase Manhattan Bank Australia Limited 5,500Chase Nominees Limited 3,937,642BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 74,900Midland Bank plc 685,199Cede & Co 36,800Deutsche Bank Mannheim 1,300Bankers Trust 40,300Barclays Bank 75,000Citibank London 6,300Royal Trust 11,000Nortrust Nominees 683,900Royal Bank of Scotland 4,500MSS Nominees Limited 6,500State Street Bank & Trust Co 30,000RBSTB Nominees Ltd 2,800Citibank NA 15,500Deutsche Bank AG 2,500Mellon Bank NA 39,200ROY Nominees Limited 13,000Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 469,200HSBC 1,800JP Morgan Chase Bank 160,149 Total 8,020,044 Capital International Limited Registered Holder Number of SharesState Street Nominees Limited 25,000Bank of New York Nominees 1,092,400Northern Trust 483,600Chase Nominees Limited 819,800Midland Bank plc 9,500Bankers Trust 31,700Barclays Bank 15,100Citibank London 3,500Morgan Guaranty 93,500Nortrust Nominees 806,149Royal Bank of Scotland 95,900State Street Bank & Trust Co 84,100Citibank NA 7,600Deutsche Bank AG 302,400Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 21,000HSBC Bank plc 293,600Mellon Bank NA 45,600KAS UK 10,400Bank One London 66,000Clydesdale Bank plc 18,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 5,100 Total 4,330,449 Capital International SA Registered Holder Number of SharesBank of New York Nominees 2,800Chase Nominees Limited 968,700Midlands Bank plc 8,800Barclays Bank 178,000Nortrust Nominees 2,900Morgan Stanley 3,500J P Morgan 344,800HSBC Bank plc 35,300 Total 1,544,800 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 119,200Sumitomo Trust & Banking 27,300RBSTB Nominees Ltd 30,100State Street Australia Limited 39,200HSBC Bank Plc 96,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 336,200 Total 1,850,200 23 February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange