RNS Number:3875Y
AGA Foodservice Group PLC
9 July 2002



                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     AVIVA 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 5 JULY 2002 FROM AVIVA PLC

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     -

6)   ( - %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   ( - %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     -

11)  Date company informed

     9 JULY 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

     4,783,668
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.7%

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 .....9 JULY 2002...................



Letter to Aga Foodservice Group Plc
5 July 2002

AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC (THE "COMPANY") - SEDOL 0374288

This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 29 April 
2002 and is prompted by sales totalling 452,267 on 4 and 5 July 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
      Aviva plc (formerly 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 4,783,668 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 Aviva plc.

2.1   We hereby notify you on behalf of Aviva plc that immediately after the 
      time when the obligation to make this notification arose Aviva plc were 
      interested in 4,783,668 shares giving the Aviva group a total percentage 
      interest in the shares of 3.73%.

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: Aviva plc.

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.


 
APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED 


REGISTERED HOLDERS                                      NUMBER OF SHARES HELD


BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd                          2,217,995   (Material) 

Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd                             1,093,139   (Material) 

CUIM Nominee Ltd                                        1,405,170   (Material) 

RBSTB Nominees Ltd                                         67,364   (Material)


TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 3.73% 
ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED; 128,246,315


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