Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:0156R
Forth Ports PLC
17 October 2003


                                FORTH PORTS PLC

                            COMPANY NUMBER SC134741

                                 "the Company"





The Company received a notification on 16 October 2003 from AMVESCAP PLC
("AMVESCAP") pursuant to the provisions of Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985
(the "Act") that, following the recent conversion of AMVESCAP's unit trusts into
investment companies with variable capital ("ICVCs") (date not specified) within
the meaning of Sections 203 and 208 of the Act, the said unit trusts ceased to
be interested in 2,823,296 Ordinary Shares of 50p each in the share capital of
the Company.

Immediately following the transaction referred to above AMVESCAP no longer had a
notifiable interest within the meaning of Section 199(2) of the Act.

However, the Company believes after making further enquiries in connection with
the disclosure, that the notification is made solely for the purpose of
informing it of AMVESCAP's conversion to ICVCs under the different disclosure
requirements related thereto.





Edinburgh

17th October 2003

John Alan Tothill

Company Secretary, Forth Ports PLC




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