Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:4892T
De Vere Group PLC
19 December 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

DE VERE GROUP PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND MR. EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3rd A PRINCIPAL 
SHAREHOLDER OF FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL 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

PARENT HOLDING COMPANY FOR VARIOUS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES INCLUDING
FIDELITY INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. (FISL) AND FIDELITY PENSION MANAGEMENT (FPM),
INVESTMENT MANAGERS FOR VARIOUS NON0US INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONAL
CLIENTS (SEE 4 BELOW)


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

                 SHARES HELD    MANAGEMENT COMPANY   NOMINEE/ REGISTERED NAME              

Ordinary Shares    6,339,319          FISL           CHASE NOMINEES LTD           
                     126,400          FPM            MELLON NOMINEES LTD          
                     325,982          FIL            CHASE NOMINEES LTD           
                     205,700          FIL            CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON  
                   1,794,408          FIL            BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON      
                     353,000          FIL            NORTHERN TRUST               
                      34,400          FIL            STATE STREET BANK & TRUST    
                      27,900          FIL            DEUTSCHE                     
                     201,200          FIL            STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD  

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

4,729,561


6. Percentage of issued class

4.14%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

--

8. Percentage of issued class

--

9. Class of security

ORDINARY 22 2/9p SHARES

10. Date of transaction

NOT KNOWN

11. Date company informed

18.12.03

12. Total holding following this notification

9,408,309

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.23%

14. Any additional information




15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

DAVID EDWARDS
01928 712111

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


Date of notification

19.12.03

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