RNS Number:7981R
Alba PLC
6 November 2003

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

ALBA PLC
 

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, AND MR EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D, A
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.
 

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

NAMED IN 2 ABOVE
 

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them

MELLON BANK, 18,700
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD, 464,335
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 9,200
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST, 5,000
MELLON BANK, 6,500
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON, 1,417,861
CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 350,000
BANKERS TRUST, 311,500
HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE (UK) LTD, 147,000
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 97,300
MELLON NOMINEES, 29,000
DEUTSCHE BANK, 7,400
CITIBANK, 15,700
NORTHERN TRUST, 54,300
HSBC, 516,110
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON, 302,200
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD, LUX, 13,700
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST, 167,800
BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON, 491,450
BANKERS TRUST, 21,300
CITIBANK, 75,400
NORTHERN TRUST, 349,400
BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS, 22,800
DEUTSCHE, 22,800
STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD, 49,700
NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD, 102,205
CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED, 178,621
CHASE NOMINEES LTD, 19,000
JP MORGAN, 24,400

 

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N.A.
 

6. Percentage of issued class

N.A.
 

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N.A.
 

8. Percentage of issued class

N.A.
 

9. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
 

10. Date of transaction


N.A.


11.  Date company informed

06 NOVEMBER 2003


12.  Total holding following this notification

5,290,682


13.  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.48%


14.  Any additional information

THE NOTIFICATION OF DISCLOSABLE INTERESTS CONSTITUTE SEPARATE NOTIFICATIONS OF
INTEREST IN THE SHARES AND ARE COMBINED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND
EFFICIENCY.  NOTHING HEREIN SHOULD BE TAKEN TO INDICATE THAT THE FMR CORP. AND
ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND ITS
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES OF MR EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D ACT AS A GROUP OR IN
CONCERT IN RESPECT OF THE DISCLOSED INTERESTS, OR THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
SUBMIT THESE NOTIFICATIONS ON A JOINT BASIS.


15.  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

J E MALIN
ALBA PLC
020 8594 5533


16.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

J E MALIN

Date of notification

06 NOVEMBER 2003





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