Holding(s) in Company
May 15 2003 - 9:03AM
UK Regulatory
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
1. Name of company 2. Name of shareholder having a major
interest
The BOC Group plc
The Capital Group Companies, Inc
3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,
indicates that it is in respect if more than one holder, the number of
of holding of the shareholder shares held by each of them
named in 2 above or in respect of
a non-beneficial interest or in See additional information
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 above.
5. Number of 6. Percentage of 7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of
shares/amount issued class /amount of stock issued class
of stock disposed
acquired
9. Class of security 10. Date of 11. Date company
transaction informed
Ordinary shares of 25p each
13 May 2003 15 May 2003
12. Total holding following this 13. Total percentage holding of issued
notification class following this notification
19,558,957 3.93%
14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number
for queries
In a letter dated 14 May 2003
and received on 15 May 2003 The David Kinnair
BOC Group plc has been notified
pursuant to Section 198 of the Assistant Company Secretary
Companies Act that as at 13 May
2003 The Capital Group 01276 807649
Companies, Inc has a 3.93%
notifiable interest in the
issued Ordinary share capital of
the Company (decreased from
4.07%).
This notifiable interest is held
by investment management
companies, of which The Capital
Group Companies, Inc is the
parent, as detailed below:
Capital Guardian Trust Company
14,084,492 2.83%
Capital International Limited
2,817,604 0.57%
Capital International S.A.
463,161 0.09%
Capital International, Inc
193,700 0.04%
Capital Research and Management
Company 2,000,000 0.40%
Neither The Capital Group
Companies, Inc nor any of its
affiliates own shares for its
own account. The shares above
are owned by accounts under the
discretionary investment
management of one or more of the
investment management companies
listed above.
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
David Kinnair
Date of notification ___15 May 2003 _________
END