Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:8247M
AFA Systems PLC
26 June 2003



AFA Systems plc: Holding in company

AFA Systems plc was informed on 26 June 2003 that FMR Corporation ("FMR") and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited ("FIL")
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had sold 395,900 ordinary shares of 5p
each in the Company, being 1.06% of the total voting shares of the Company in
issue.  As a result of this acquisition, the aggregate holding of FMR, FIL and
their direct and indirect subsidiaries in the Company is 2,886,717 ordinary
shares of 5p each, being 7.76% of the total voting shares in issue.  The details
of the holding are as follows:


Shares held       Management company             Nominee / Registered name

147,242           FMR                            Mellon Bank
2,739,475         FIL                            Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd.LUX



This notifiable interest also comprises the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C.
Johnson 3rd of 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, a principal shareholder
of FMR and FIL.

The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

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 FMR and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, FIL 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.

The disclosable interests arise under section (4) (b) of the Act, namely where a
person, not being registered holder, is entitled to exercise of such rights, or
under section 203 of the Act respectively.




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