RNS Number:3564O
SABMiller PLC
20 December 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 1,182,400
Bank of New York Nominees 539,300
Northern Trust 131,800
Chase Manhatten 500
Westpac Custodian Nominees 11,500
Chase Manhatten Bank Australia Limited 1,300
Chase Nominees Limited 4,176,703
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd 227,500
Midland Bank plc 489,700
Cede & Co 75,100
Deutsche Bank Mannheim 900
Bankers Trust 447,200
Barclays Bank 9,900
Royal Trust 8,800
Brown Bros. 57,500
Nortrust Nominees 1,214,207
MSS Nominees Limited 21,700
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 102,400
Citibank NA 15,900
Deutsche Bank AG 700
HSBC Bank plc 1,200
Mellon Bank N.A 57,000
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 3,000
ROY Nominees Limited 12,300
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 342,000
HSBC 16,100
JP Morgan Chase Bank 354,100
Capital International Limited:
State Street Nominees Limited 285,400
Bank of New York Nominees 2,310,800
Northern Trust 893,500
Chase Nominees Limited 1,043,794
Midland Bank plc 68,900
Citibank London 10,000
Morgan Guaranty 140,400
Nortrust Nominees 1,480,600
MSS Nominees Limited 46,900
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 485,000
Lloyds Bank 19,800
Citibank 5,900
Deutsche Bank AG 235,800
HSBC Bank plc 428,500
Mellon Bank N.A. 60,600
KAS UK 25,400
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 31,900
Bank One Limited 102,200
JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,800
Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 254,100
Fortis Bank 2,500
Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 2,600
Nordea Bank 53,400
Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 4,000
Capital International S.A.:
Chase Nominees Limited 259,000
Midland Bank plc 9,200
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 23,300
Lloyds Bank 14,600
Citibank NA 4,400
HSBC Bank plc 106,600
JP Morgan Chase Bank 4,100
Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 3,200
Capital International, Inc.:
State Street Nominees Limited 160,300
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 79,400
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 20,500
Citibank 3,800
Citibank NA 54,300
State Street Australia Limited 477,018
HSBC Bank plc 26,800
JP Morgan Chase Bank 15,900
Capital Research and Management Company:
State Street Nominees Limited 1,626,234
Chase Nominees Limited 40,371,089
JPM Nominees Ltd 28,000
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 182,900
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
16,099,977
6. Percentage of issued class
1.07%
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
18 December 2006
11. Date company informed
19 December 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
61,416,945
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.09% 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
20 December 2006
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