BTR PLC - Holding in Company

RNS No 2696x
BTR PLC


                    DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

1)  NAME OF COMPANY

    BTR PLC

2)  NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

    TEMPLETON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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

    INCLUDES SEGREGATED FUNDS MANAGED FOR CLIENTS

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

    SEE BELOW

5)  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N/A

6)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)  ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)  Class of security

    ORDINARY SHARES OF 225P

10) Date of transaction

    01-08-97

11) Date company informed

    04-08-97

12) Total holding following this notification

    203,935,278

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    5.0547%

14) Any additional information

    DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN VOTING SHARES

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    MR R C BROWN
    0171-821-3848

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

    Date of Notification..4TH AUGUST 1997.......


                              SCHEDULE

                              BTR PLC

ORD GBP.25

           REGISTERED HOLDER                      NO. OF SHARES     % OF CLASS


Chase Nominees Ltd
Woolgate House                                      147,720,600     3.6614
Coleman Street
London
EC2P 2HD       

Barclays Bank                                        10,137,939     0.2512
LONDON

Bankers Trust Company
36-44 Moorgate                                        1,670,000     0.0413
Basement Floor
LONDON EC2

Northern Trust Company
155 Bishopsgate                                       4,498,400     0.1114
LONDON
EC2M 3XS

State Street Nominees Limited
12-13 Nicholas Lane                                  13,720,462     0.3400
London
EC4N 9BN

Bank of New York Nominees
3, Birchin Lane                                       6,762,100     0.1676
LONDON
EC3V 9BY   

Merrill Lynch                                         2,755,600     0.0683
LONDON

Citibank Nominees Limited
Lewisham House                                        1,159,311     0.0287
Molesworth Street
Lewisham
SE13 7EX

SG Warburg                                              110,000     0.0027
London

Midland Bank PLC
LONDON                                                9,209,938     0.2282
EC3N 4DA

Code & Company (ADR's)
55 Water Street                                       5,505,928     0.1364
New York, NY 10041

Bank of Scotland
55 Old Broad Street                                     685,000     0.0169
London EC2P 2HL England

TOTAL                                               203,935,278     5.0574%

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