RNS Number:7235X
Corus Group PLC
31 January 2006
Corus plc ("The Company")
SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 - DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS IN SHARES
This notification relates to the ordinary shares of the Company ("the shares")
and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed under section 198 of the
Companies Act 1986 ('the Act").
The Company received notification today that on 27 January 2006, following
acquisitions, the Credit Suisse ("CS") companies listed below (together the "CS
companies") held the following interests in the issued share capital of the
Company:
1. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited ("CSSEL"): 166,021,463 shares,
CSSEL is interested in 109,732,691 of these shares under section 208(5) of
the act by virtue of the right to redelivery of equivalent securities under
stock lending arrangements.
2. Credit Suisse International ("CSi"): 24,813,782 shares,
3. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 85,000 shares.
The CS companies now hold a total interest of 190,920,245 shares being
equivalent to approximately 4.29% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Those Credit Suisse companies which are direct or indirect holding companies of
CSSEL, CSi and CSS (USA) LLC are, under the terms of section 203 of the Act,
each interested by attribution in any shares in which CSSE, CSi and CSS (USA)
LLC are interested.
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