RNS Number:6192U
Scottish & Newcastle PLC
26 January 2004



Scottish & Newcastle plc


Re:  Chapter 9 Paragraph 11 UKLA Listing Rules

Scottish & Newcastle plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification
on 26 January 2004 for the purposes of Section 198 to 208 of the Companies Act
1985 that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies have an
interest in a total of 35,893,026 ordinary shares of 20 pence in the Company
comprising 4.02% of its ordinary shares. The list of registered holders and the
number of ordinary shares held by each of them is as follows:

MGIM A/C DBL A/C FBFT                                          110,204

MGIM A/C JPM A/C RU                                          5,799,930

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC                             29,184,688

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC                                393,244

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PHL AC                                221,116

ROY NOMS LTD 578060                                            183,844

                                            TOTAL           35,893,026


The address for each of those companies is Laurence Pountney Hill, London,

EC4R 0HH.





Mark Stevens

Assistant Company Secretary

26 January 2004




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