Celltech Group PLC
01 May 2003
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Celltech Group plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital
International S.A., Capital International, Inc., Capital Guardian Trust Company
and Capital International Limited
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
As in 2 above
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
State Street Nominees Limited 1,700
Bank of New York Nominees 29,700
Chase Nominees Limited 1,318,700
Citibank London 106,100
Nortrust Nominees 848,300
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 44,600
State Street Nominees Limited 298,200
Bank of New York Nominees 5,230,799
Northern Trust 1,401,602
Chase Nominees Limited 3,460,263
Midland Bank plc 157,100
Bankers Trust 2,310,800
Barclays Bank 60,000
Citibank London 53,000
Morgan Guaranty 315,500
Nortrust Nominees 2,579,906
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 179,600
Deutsche Bank AG 886,000
HSBC Bank plc 1,073,300
Mellon Bank N.A. 230,300
Northern Trust AVFC 196,436
KAS UK 57,210
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 63,500
Bank One London 103,200
State Street Nominees Limited 35,593
Chase Nominees Limited 862,800
Midland Bank plc 15,700
Barclays Bank 56,800
Royal Bank of Scotland 855,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 70,800
Lloyds Bank 68,700
RBSTB Nominees Ltd 81,000
Citibank NA 17,600
HSBC Bank plc 200,200
State Street Nominees Limited 579,959
Bank of New York Nominees 138,400
Chase Nominees Limited 759,000
Citibank London 10,000
Nortrust Nominees 233,700
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 14,999
Citibank NA 98,400
Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 5,300
HSBC Bank plc 47,400
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
2,824,766 (since last notification)
6. Percentage of issued class
1.01%
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/a
8. Percentage of issued class
N/a
9. Class of security
Ordinary 50p Shares
10. Date of transaction
29 April 2003
11. Date company informed
1 May 2003
12. Total holding following this notification
25,157,167
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.06%
14. Any additional information
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Cheryl Cramer
Tel. 01753 447933
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
J A D Slater
Date of notification
1 May 2003 |
