RNS Number:8866O
Cattles PLC
20 August 2003

                    CATTLES PLC ("Cattles" or "the Company")

                        Disclosure of Interest in Shares


     Notification in accordance with Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985



Following AGM approval of the Cattles Employee Share Incentive Plan ("the Plan")
on 1 May 2003 and approval of the Plan rules by the Inland Revenue on 24 July
2003, the trustees of the Plan trust acquired on 12 August 2003 423,214 ordinary
shares of 10 pence each in Cattles at a price of 315.5 pence per share.


On 19 August 2003 the trustees of the Plan acquired in the market a further
47,705 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in Cattles at a price of 329 pence per
share.


Executive directors of Cattles plc are included in the class of beneficiaries of
the Plan (which is an all employee share scheme) and are consequently deemed to
be technically interested in all of the shares held by the trustees of the Plan.
The executive directors of the Company are as follows:




Sean Mahon

James Corr

Ian Cummine

Mark Collins




On 19 August 2003 the trustees of the Plan then appropriated all the shares held
to eligible employees (including directors) the appropriation price being 322p.
The appropriation was in respect of performance in respect of the year to 31
December 2002. As a result of the award to the employees, the directors ceased
to be technically interested in the shares acquired, with the exception of their
proportion of the shares appropriated, being:



Sean Mahon            931
James Corr            931
Ian Cummine           931
Mark Collins          931




The beneficial holdings of the directors concerned following these transactions
are as follows:

Sean Mahon                 69,533               (0.021%)
James Corr                 2,975                (0.0009%)
Ian Cummine                76,672               (0.023%)
Mark Collins               41,591               (0.013%)



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