RNS Number:5346J
AGA Foodservice Group PLC
2 April 2003

                  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 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.

       SEE NOTIFICATION BELOW
       DATED 10/02/03 FROM THREADNEEDLE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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

      1 APRIL 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

      5,316,625
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      4.1%

14)  Any additional information

      ORIGINAL LETTER DATED 10/02/03 NEVER RECEIVED
      COPY LETTER RECEIVED 1/4/03

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      S M SMITH - 0121 711 6000

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

     Date of Notification 2 APRIL 2003

Letter to AGA Foodservice Group

Dated 10 February 2003

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985

We refer to the letter dated 4 November 2002, disclosing a Notifiable Interest
of Zurich Financial Services and its Group in the shares of your Company.

In accordance with the provisions of the above Section, we would inform you of a
change to the notifiable interest over shares in your Company, which are held as
detailed on the schedule below.

                             AGA Foodservice Group plc

Registered Owner                                        Ordinary 25p Shares

Littledown Nominees Limited     A/c        21667                 271,000
Littledown Nominees Limited     A/c        07203                 465,000
Littledown Nominees Limited     A/c        07197                 605,000
Littledown Nominees Limited     A/c        05576               3,223,125
Littledown Nominees Limited     A/c        05577                 202,500
Littledown Nominees Limited     A/c        03449                 550,000

TOTAL                                                          5,316,625

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 Executive 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
Mangers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC.  It is
also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

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 Holding 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 company, 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.

From Threadneedle Investments







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