Holding(s) in Company

    rRNS Number:6156S
Coffee Republic PLC
28 November 2003


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)   Name of company

Coffee Republic plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies


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 includes the holdings of Prudential plc and certain of its
subsidiary companies

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


Notifiable interest of Prudential plc, M & G Group Limited and M & G Limited:


Clydesdale Bank Nominees Limited MGG            27,201,966

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC                 23,600,000

MGIM a/c DBL a/c FBFT                              694,753


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                                                51,496,719
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Included in the above holdings:


a)    M & G Investment Management Limited has a notifiable interest of
50,801,966 shares, represented by 27,201,966 shares registered in the name of
Clydesdale Bank Nominees Limited MGG, and 23,600,000 shares registered in the
name of PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC.


b)    The Prudential Assurance Company Limited has a notifiable interest of
23,600,000 shares registered in the name of PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC.


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed

6)   Percentage of issued class

N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not disclosed

8)   Percentage of issued class

N/A

9)   Class of security

Ordinary 0.1p

10)  Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11)  Date company informed

27.11.2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

Prudential plc, M & G Group Limited and M & G Limited       51,496,719


(This includes the holdings of M & G Investment Management Limited of 50,801,966
shares and of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited of 23,600,000 shares).

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Prudential plc, M & G Group Limited and M & G Limited       12.47%


(This includes the holdings of M & G Investment Management Limited of 12.30% and
of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited of 5.71%.

14)  Any additional information

None

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

J P Gorman 020 7935 0027

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

Jeremy P Gorman

     Date of notification ..28th November 2003.....




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