RNS Number:6434U
Vega Group PLC
26 January 2004



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

    VEGA Group PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

    Schroder Investment Management Limited and an affiliated company

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

    As above

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

    (i) 1,718,213 shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by
    an affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and
    registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited
    and

    (ii) 549,167 shares are registered or to be registered in the name of
    Imperial Pension Nominees Limited.

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

    Not disclosed

8. Percentage of issued class

    Not disclosed

9. Class of security

    Ordinary 5p shares

10. Date of transaction

    Not disclosed

11. Date company informed

    26 January 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

    2,267,380

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    12.251%

14. Any additional information


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    Kenneth Blyth

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

    Kenneth Blyth
    Company Secretary

Date of notification

    26 January 2004

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