Holding(s) in Company

London Stock Exchange Plc
17 January 2006

London Stock Exchange plc

17 January 2006

London Stock Exchange plc received the following letter from Threadneedle
Investments on 17 January 2006.

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

We refer to the letters dated 5 August 2005 and 3 October 2005 disclosing a
Notifiable Interest of Ameriprise Financial, Inc in the shares of your Company.

In accordance with the provisions of the above Section, we would inform you of a
change to the notifiable interest over shares in your Company, which are held as
detailed on the attached schedule.

Registered Owner                                                                          Ordinary 5 5/6p
                                                                                                   Shares


BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                         A/c 248685                          89,170
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                         A/c 219720                         282,239
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                         A/c 219709                         395,529
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                         A/c 219064                         265,573
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                         A/c 277304                         122,459
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd                                         A/c 277650                         291,951
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 07207                        1,794,743
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 02891                       17,791,600
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 07198                        1,137,159
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10478                           21,428
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 35822                           14,405
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 11121                           11,309
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10479                           10,371
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 07205                          786,105
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 07199                           78,815
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 02642                          802,671
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10491                        2,203,241
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 31348                           62,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 30337                           49,709
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10489                          428,122
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10488                        5,262,675
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10469                          286,398
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 10492                          653,098
Littledown Nominees Ltd                                        A/c 21688                          700,891
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd                     A/c 301780                         115,714


TOTAL                                                                                          33,657,375


Notes

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for various Ameriprise Financial group
subsidiary companies, in particular Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.  It also acts for
(a) the Depository of each of Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC and
Threadneedle Specialist Investment Funds ICVC, which are managed by the
Ameriprise Financial group subsidiary company Threadneedle Investment Services
Ltd; and (b) the trustee of several unit trusts managed by Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd, another Ameriprise Financial group subsidiary company.



These and any other entities shown as the registrant of shares disclosed in this
notification also act for organisations that are not members of the Ameriprise
Financial group of companies.



Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a company incorporated in the USA.



This notification is made on behalf of:



Eagle Star Unit Managers Ltd;



Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC, Threadneedle Specialist Investment Funds
ICVC and Threadneedle Investment Services Ltd;



Threadneedle International Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd, Threadneedle Asset
Management Ltd and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd; and



Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the ultimate holding companies of the Ameriprise
Financial group of companies.



The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short-term
re-registration.


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