Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

1 Jun 2005 16:13

Johnston Press PLC01 June 2005 Johnston Press plc ("the Company") DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES The Company was informed on 31st May 2005 of the following notifiable interest: As at 24 May 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had anotifiable interest in 10,588,840 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company,representing 3.71% of the total shares in issue. Details of the Legal Entities are as follows: Legal Entity Holding PercentageBarclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 754,537 0.2644Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 345,281 0.1210Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 81,180 0.0284Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,260,002 3.2449Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 52,624 0.0184Gerrard Ltd 27,004 0.0095Barclays Global Investors, NA 67,412 0.0236Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 800 0.0003 Total 10,588,840 3.7105 1 June 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange