RNS Number:4260K
SABMiller PLC
13 October 2006
SABMiller plc
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
SABMiller plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
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
Notification in respect of party named in 2.
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Registered Holder Number of shares held
Capital Guardian Trust Company:
State Street Nominees Limited 849,800
Bank of New York Nominees 255,300
Northern Trust 101,700
Chase Nominees Limited 1,909,010
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 174,400
Midland Bank plc 405,700
Cede & Co 62,600
Bankers Trust 355,100
Barclays Bank 8,900
Royal Trust 8,800
Brown Bros. 16,700
Nortrust Nominees 948,700
MSS Nominees Limited 15,400
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 49,500
Citibank 6,900
Citibank NA 13,600
HSBC Bank plc 1,200
Mellon Bank N.A 57,000
ROY Nominees Limited 8,600
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 284,000
HSBC (Malaysia) 12,600
JP Morgan Chase Bank 179,400
Capital International Limited:
State Street Nominees Limited 32,200
Bank of new York Nominees 727,800
Northern Trust 486,500
Chase Nominees Limited 609,600
Midland Bank plc 44,800
Citibank London 10,000
Morgan Guaranty 83,700
Nortrust Nominees 709,300
MSS Nominees Limited 10,500
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 237,800
Lloyds Bank 3,300
Citibank 5,900
Deutsche Bank AG 3,900
HSBC Bank plc 249,400
Mellon Bank N.A. 35,800
Northern Trust AVFC 53,100
KAS UK 10,000
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 31,900
Bank One Limited 44,000
JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,800
Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 99,300
Fortis Bank 2,500
Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 2,600
Nordea Bank 20,300
Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 4,000
Capital International S.A.:
Chase Nominees Limited 128,600
Midland Bank plc 3,700
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 12,300
Lloyds Bank 5,800
Citibank NA 4,400
HSBC Bank plc 40,500
JP Morgan Chase Bank 4,100
Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 3,200
Capital International, Inc.:
State Street Nominees Limited 278,800
Bank of New York Nominees 101,300
Northern Trust 6,100
Chase Nominees Limited 330,700
Midland Bank plc 8,100
Bankers Trust 4,600
Nortrust Nominees 43,300
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 20,500
Citibank 3,800
Citibank NA 54,300
HSBC Bank plc 10,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank 15,900
Capital Research and Management Company:
State Street Nominees Limited 1,119,234
Chase Nominees Limited 33,679,724
JPM Nominees Ltd 28,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 164,000
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
This is the first notification received from this shareholder as a result of
their holding exceeding 3%.
6. Percentage of issued class
Registered Holder % held
Capital Guardian Trust Company 0.381
Capital International Limited 0.235
Capital International S.A. 0.014
Capital International, Inc. 0.058
Capital Research and Management Company 2.332
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7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/A
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Class of security
US$0.10
10. Date of transaction
10 October 2006
11. Date company informed
12 October 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
45,316,968
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.02% of issued ordinary share capital
14. Any additional information
None
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Holly Richards, Company Secretarial Assistant
01483 264 038
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
John Davidson, Company Secretary
Date of notification
13 October 2006
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