Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:0264U
Kensington Group PLC
8 January 2004



                                  SCHEDULE 10
 
                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     KENSINGTON GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FIDELITY INVESTMENTS


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

     -


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

     -


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     -


6)   Percentage of issued Class

     -

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -

8)   Percentage of issued Class

     -

9)   Class of security
     
     ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

     7 JANUARY 2004


11)  Date company informed

     8 JANUARY 2004


12)  Total holding following this notification

     

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



14)  Any additional information

     SEE LETTER BELOW


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     SIMON KING
     ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
     020 7368 5246


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

     Date of Notification     8 JANUARY 2004



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

     
1.   Company in which shares are held:      KENSINGTON GROUP PLC

2.   Notifiable Interest:      ORDINARY SHARES

          Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
          P.O. BOX HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

          Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
          including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and investment 
          managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional 
          clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and 
          their holdings).
     
3.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of
          
          Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

     Principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.
          
4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
     unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
     reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.
     
5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
     the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
     that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect 
     subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd act as a group or in concert in 
     respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit 
     these notifications on a joint basis.
     
6.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
     namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
     to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
     control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
     respectively.

SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: KENSINGTON GROUP PLC                                    Amendment No 1

                                      MANAGEMENT   
                        SHARES HELD    COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(ORDINARY SHARES)
                            546,000      FISL      CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                            235,900      FISL      CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                            997,330      FIL       MSS NOMINEES LTD
                             55,500      FIL       BANK OF NEW YORK-BRUSSELS
                             80,750      FIL       BANKERS TRUST
                            287,800      FIL       CITIBANK
                            435,245      FIL       CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                             30,400      FIL       STATE STREET BANK & TRUST 

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:    2,668,925

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:                    5.10%

SHARES IN ISSUE:         52,358,495

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:              +884,820   ORDINARY SHARES


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