RNS Number:3930D
AGA Foodservice Group PLC
5 November 2002


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ITS GROUP  

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 MADE ON BEHALF OF COMPANIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE HERETO 
     SECTION 3

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 04/11/02 FROM THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENT
     MANAGEMENT LIMITED AND SCHEDULE HERETO SECTION 4

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     NOT STATED

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

     NOT STATED

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

     NOT STATED

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 25p EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED

11)  Date company informed

     05/11/02

12)  Total holding following this notification

     4,380,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 25p EACH
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.39%

14)  Any additional information

     PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE HERETO - SECTION 14

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  5 NOVEMBER 2002


                               SCHEDULE 10

SECTION 3 

Notification made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc; Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd and Eagle
Star Holdings Limited; Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions
Ltd and Threadneedle Management Holdings Ltd; Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich
Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group Holding, Zurich Insurance Company
and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate holding companies of the aforementioned
companies, and Zurich Financial Services, their ultimate holding company.


SECTION 4

Number of Ordinary 25p shares               Registered Owner
 
215,000                           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 21667 
365,000                           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 07203 
485,000                           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 07197
2,600,000                         Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05576 
165,000                           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 05577 
550,000                           Littledown Nominees Limited A/c 03449
 

SECTION 14

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance PLC, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust
Ltd; Home and Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd: and
J.P. Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depositary to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC.

ZFS in Zurich Financial Services, accompany incorporated in Switzerland.



LETTER TO: AGA FOODSERVICE GROUP PLC - DATED 4 NOVEMBER 2002

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

In accordance with the provisions of the above Section, on behalf of Zurich
Financial Services and its Group, we would inform you of a notifiable interest
in the shares in your Company, which are held as derailed on the schedule below:

LETTER FROM: THREADNEEDLE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

                       AGA Food Service Group plc

Registered Owner                                 Ordinary 25p Shares

Littledown Nominees Limited      A/c 21667                   215,000
Littledown Nominees Limited      A/c 07203                   365,000
Littledown Nominees Limited      A/c 07197                   485,000
Littledown Nominees Limited      A/c 05576                 2,600,000
Littledown Nominees Limited      A/c 05577                   165,000
Littledown Nominees Limited      A/c 03449                   550,000

TOTAL                                                      4,380,000


Notes
 
Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle
Star Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust
Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd, and J.P.
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland. 

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Limited;

Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd and Threadneedle
Asset Management Holdings Ltd;

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term 
re-registration.


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