RNS Number:7777T
AGA Foodservice Group PLC
28 March 2002

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     CGNU PLC

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

     NOTIFICATION IN RESPECT OF SHAREHOLDERS REFERRED TO IN BOX 4

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

     PLEASE SEE NOTIFICATION BELOW DATED 26 MARCH 2002 FROM CGNU PLC

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH

10)  Date of transaction



11)  Date company informed

     28 MARCH 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

      7,394,014
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     5.78%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     D J SOLOMON
     0121 742 2366

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

     Date of Notification .........28 MARCH 2002



LETTER TO AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC
DATED:  26 March 2002
 
AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC (THE "COMPANY") - SEDOL 0374288


This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 2 August
2001 and is prompted by sales totalling 840,000 on 25 March 2002.

This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital
of the Company (the "shares") and is given in fulfilment of the obligations
imposed by sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the "Act").

1.    Notification on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of
CGNU Plc).

1.1   We hereby notify you on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited that
immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose
Morley Fund Management Limited were interested in 7,394,014 shares.

1.2   The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this
notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out
in the Appendix below: Morley Fund Management Limited.

2.    Notification on behalf of CGNU plc.

2.1   We hereby notify you on behalf of CGNU plc that immediately after the time
when the obligation to make this notification arose CGNU plc were interested in
7,394,014 shares giving the CGNU group a total percentage interest in the shares
of 5.78%.

2.2   The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this
notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out
in the Appendix below: CGNU plc.

If you require further information as to which companies in the CGNU group hold
interests in the shares (by virtue of s.203 of the Act) please submit a written
request and we will be happy to supply this information.

We are only required to notify interests which are defined as material interests
when the holding is equal to 3% or more of the Company's relevant share capital.
The term material interests exclude certain categories where we do not hold a
beneficial interest, for example where the shares are held in an Authorised Unit
Trust Scheme or Open Ended Investment Company. Holdings in those categories are
therefore not included in the holding notified under this letter. If you wish us
to confirm the level of holdings in these categories, please let us know.

Letter from CGNU plc
 
The Company Secretary
Aga Foodservice Group plc                                        26 March 2002

 
APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED 

REGISTERED HOLDERS                             NUMBER OF SHARES HELD

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd                 3,847,930   (Material) 

Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd                    1,772,940   (Material) 

CUIM Nominee Ltd                               1,703,130   (Material) 

RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                70,014   (Material)


TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 5.78% 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 127,840,064



 
                                                               26 March 2002
The Company Secretary 
Aga Foodservice Group plc
 


APPENDIX: CGNU PLC

REGISTERED HOLDERS                          NUMBER OF SHARES HELD

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd              3,847,930   (Material)

Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd                 1,772,940   (Material) 

CUIM Nominee Ltd                            1,703,130   (Material)

RBSTB Nominees Ltd                             70,014   (Material)

  

 
TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF CGNU PLC: 5.78%

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 127,840,064



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